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IPSC Breakout Session #2: mostly copyright and then marijuana innovation

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Harper & Row gets litigated as a First Amendment/free press case by Floyd Abrams; Court relies on Nimmer. Court chose to rule quite narrowly in part b/c of concessions during litigation. Taken copyright-protected material and transformed it into public domain material—dangerous for law firms.