WRAP-UP POINTS:
COMPILATIONS
•The 1992 decision of the U.S. Supreme
Court in Feist made clear that the sweat of
the brow doctrine was not good law.
According to Feist, to be copyrightable as
an original work of authorship, a
compilation required a sufficiently original
selection, arrangement, or coordination.
•Feist made clear that originality was a low
standard, requiring only some “minimal
level of creativity”.
•Even if copyrightable, a compilation’s
copyright protection was thin.
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