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36 UCLA L. Rev. 719 (1988-1989)
Monopolizing the Law: The Scope of Copyright Protection for Law Reports and Statutory Compilations

handle is hein.journals/uclalr36 and id is 733 raw text is: MONOPOLIZING THE LAW: THE SCOPE OF COPYRIGHT PROTECTION FOR LAW REPORTS AND STATUTORY COMPILATIONS L. Ray Patterson & Craig Joyce* I. INTRODUCTION ...................................... 720 II. THE CASE LAW ..................................... 728 A. The Classic Cases ............................... 731 1. Wheaton v. Peters ............................ 731 2. Banks v. Manchester ......................... 734 3. Callaghan v. Myers .......................... 736 4. Banks Law Publishing Co. v. Lawyers' Co- operative Publishing Co ....................... 740 B. The Classic Rulings Reconciled ................... 742 C. M odern Rulings ................................. 746 III. THE 1976 COPYRIGHT ACT .......................... 749 A. Section 105: United States Government Works .... 751 1. Predecessor Provisions ...................... 751 2. Section 105 of the 1976 Act .................. 755 B. Sections 102(a) and 103(a): Compilations as Works of Authorship .................................... 757 1. Section 102(a) ............................... 759 * L. Ray Patterson is Pope Brock Professor of Law, University of Georgia. A.B. 1949, LL.B. 1957, Mercer University; M.A. 1950, Northwestern University; S.J.D. 1966, Harvard University. Craig Joyce is Associate Professor of Law, University of Houston. B.A. 1970, Dartmouth College; M.A. (Jurisprudence) 1972, Oxford University; J.D. 1975, Stanford Law School. The authors thank Howard Abrams, Ralph Brown, Will Joyce, Peter Linzer, Ju- lian McDonnell and Pamela Samuelson for their contributions in the preparation of this Article. Thanks also to Patti Ogden, Head Reference/Faculty Services Librarian, and Hunter White and Greg Albright, Class of 1989, of the University of Houston Law Center, who assisted in research and proofing of the manuscript.

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