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Thus, the publisher would charge for reproductions of the OCGA, with a portion of the fee being returned to the state as a licensing fee. This longstanding feature goes back to the Code of 1872. In 2018, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the OCGA is not copyrightable, [1] and the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that holding in April 2020.
The O.C.G.A. was first adopted in 1981 and became effective in November 1982; previously, Harrison's Georgia Code Annotated (a.k.a. the Code of 1933) was the only published code. [ 1 ] The Georgia Laws are compiled and annually published by the Georgia Office of Legislative Counsel , who also serves as the staff of the Code Revision Commission ...
On April 27, 2020, the Court ruled 5–4 that the OCGA cannot be copyrighted because the OCGA's annotations were "authored by an arm of the legislature in the course of its legislative duties"; [1] thus the Court found that the annotations fall under the government edicts doctrine and are ineligible for copyright.
A Georgia judge blocked the controversial hand count rule that was passed by the state's Republican-led State Election Board from going into effect, finding that the timing of the rule being ...
(The Center Square) – Fulton County Superior Court Judge Shukura Ingram gave District Attorney Fani Willis until Jan. 13 to respond to an order that requires her to honor a subpoena from a ...
The Georgia RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act is a law in the U.S. state of Georgia that makes a form of racketeering a felony. [1] Originally passed on March 20, 1980, it is known for being broader than the corresponding federal law, such as not requiring a monetary profit to have been made via the action for it to be a crime.
between 2008 and 2012, better performance than 16% of all directors The Richard Karl Goeltz Stock Index From January 2008 to October 2008, if you bought shares in companies when Richard Karl Goeltz joined the board, and sold them when she left, you would have a -75.7 percent return on your investment, compared to a -36.6 percent return from the ...
President-elect Donald Trump says he would prefer the US debt ceiling being completely abolished -- not just raised -- as congressional Republicans feud over a funding bill intensifies on Capitol ...