Efforts To Save Lee Statue With Copyright Claim Fail In Texas Federal Court

Mealey's (February 9, 2018, 12:23 PM EST) -- DALLAS — In a Feb. 7 ruling, a Texas federal judge rejected an attempt to prevent the city of Dallas from removing a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee from city property on grounds that the removal would constitute copyright infringement (Hiram Patterson, et al. v. Mike Rawlings, No. 17-2361, N.D. Texas, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19873)....