The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has unanimously ruled that Georgia’s annotated state code cannot be copyrighted, marking a win for advocates of open law. The appellate court reversed a lower ...

WASHINGTON (CN) — Extending a 19th century doctrine of copyright law to legal materials created by legislatures, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled annotated versions of state codes cannot be ...

"The law should be available for the public to access," said state Rep. Chuck Efstration, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. "I'm happy to report annotations are now available online along ...

Who owns the law in Georgia? On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up that question as the justices consider whether the annotated version of Georgia code is protected under copyright law or ...

Amy Swearer is a senior legal fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. The state of Georgia has one, and only one, official set of laws: the Official ...