Veeck v. Southern Building Code Congress Int'l, Inc.

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Veeck v. Southern Building Code Congress Int'l, Inc.
the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

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a federal court decision about the scope of copyright protection for laws adopted by state and municipal governments. A majority of the court held that, although copyright protection attached to model codes drafted by a private organization, copyright no longer applied as soon as the works were enacted into municipal law. The decision is noteworthy in part for extending the general principle, that laws and legislation are uncopyrightable, below the level of the federal government to states and municipalities. The decision is also noteworthy for the strong disagreement between the majority and the dissenting judges over the proper level of copyright protection for such works.

110831Veeck v. Southern Building Code Congress Int'l, Inc. — Syllabusthe United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

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Opinion of the Court
Dissenting Opinions Higginbotham Wiener

Case Information

Citation

293 F.3d 791 (5th Cir. 2002) (en banc)

Caption

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 99-40632

PETER VEECK, doing business as
Regional Web,
Plaintiff/Counter Defendant-Appellant,

versus

SOUTHERN BUILDING CODE CONGRESS
INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
Defendant/Counter Claimant-Appellee.

Appeals from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Texas

June 7, 2002

Panel Information

Before KING, Chief Judge, JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, JONES, SMITH, WIENER, BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA, DeMOSS, BENAVIDES, STEWART, PARKER, DENNIS and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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