United States Second Circuit

For copyright infringement purposes, an author can be a person who translates an original idea into a fixed expression or a person who authorizes another to do so; a jury could reasonably conclude that defendants rebutted the validity of plaintiff's copyright registrations because the purported "author" of computer programs had not contributed original material.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/07/2002
• Published 05/07/2002

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• United States Second Circuit

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