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Question 1: The Singer
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Speaker
Songwriter - words
Composer - music
Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS
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I have a dream, delivered on the steps at the Lincoln
Memorial in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963
The court ruled the speech was a performance and
is, like other performances such as plays and CBS's
own television shows, covered by copyright, and is
not in the public domain
The case was never finally decided as the two sides
ultimately settled the matter out of court
From: wikipedia.org/
Question 2: Map in book or CD
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The Complete National Geographic CD-ROM
contains
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All mags since 1888
9,500 articles
180,000 photographs,
196,000 pages of material
1.4 million units of it have been sold
Question 2: Map in book or CD
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Nothing has been paid to the freelance
contributors to the original magazine
https://66.39.130.169/pdfs/ntlgeographic.pdf
Ward et al v National Geographic
Lots of court time involved
Question 2: Map in book or CD
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Jerry Greenberg v. National Geographic Society, et al.
No. 05-16964 (11th Cir., June 13, 2007)
Republication Of Magazine In CD-ROM Format Is A Protected Revision
That Does Not Require Additional License
The 11th Circuit holds that pursuant to 17 U.S.C. Section 201(c), the
republication of 1200 National Geographic magazines in a 30 disc cd-rom set
titled ‘the Complete National Geographic’ is a permitted revision of those
collective works for which the National Geographic, the owner of the copyright
therein, does not need additional license or permission from plaintiff, the owner
of the copyright in various photos contained in these magazines. The fact that
this cd-rom set also contained a new 25 second video montage of the covers of
10 of the magazines it contained did not alter this conclusion. In reaching this
result, the 11th Circuit followed the decisions of the Second Circuit in Faulkner v.
Nat’l Geographic Society, 409 F.3d 26 (2d Cir.) cert denied – US --, 126 S.Ct.
833 (2005) and the Supreme Court in New York Times Co. v. Tasini, 533 U.S.
483 (2001). The 11th Circuit accordingly reversed its prior contrary decision,
and remanded the case to the District Court for further consideration of plaintiff’s
claim that the inclusion of one of his photographs in a magazine cover contained
in this new 25 second montage infringed his copyright therein.
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http://www.internetlibrary.com/cases/lib_case504.cfm
Question 3: Crime data – Crime Map
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Government Proposes New Regulation Of
Sports Statistics And Other "Facts"
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http://www.lectlaw.com/files/inp29.htm
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/fantasy/
06/15/fantasy.lawsuit/