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: IP Law ObserverExact Digital Models of Cars Not Protected by Copyright
The One Sentence Summary: Exact digital models of cars were not copyrightable because there was no creativity involved in their creation.
Tenth Circuit Holdings:
- In derivative works cases, the court must separate out the preexisting work to determine what is copyrightable by the new author.
- Conveying reality does not create a copyrightable work.
Full post as published by IP Law Observer on June 27, 2008 (boomark / email).
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