Supreme Court rules Georgia state law annotations not copyrightable [pdf]

Re:Supreme Court rules Georgia state law annotations not cop... by colejohnson66 on Monday April 27, 2020 @10:22PM (#23002671)

But who would host the workshops for her? Who would pay her to write more? She was rejected multiple times from multiple publishers.

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Re:Supreme Court rules Georgia state law annotations not cop... by WalterBright on Monday April 27, 2020 @11:44PM (#23003124)

I write and give away free software. People have paid to come to my workshops. They've paid me to write more.

It's sort of like why would anyone pay to attend MIT, when you can watch videos of the lectures for free on youtube? Oddly enough, MIT is doing better than ever.

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Re:Supreme Court rules Georgia state law annotations not cop... by icebraining on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @04:33AM (#23004942)

MIT has an IP-equivalent in the form of the exclusive right to tell people you graduated there. Plus a regular property right in who frequents the campus, and it's known that much of the value comes from the network one forms there.

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Re:Supreme Court rules Georgia state law annotations not cop... by WalterBright on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @04:55AM (#23005066)

Exactly my point. The value isn't in the video of the lectures.

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