Sandra Day O'Connor Quote

Copyright assures authors the right to their original expression, but encourages others to build freely upon the ideas and information conveyed by a work. [...] This result is neither unfair nor unfortunate. It is the means by which copyright advances the progress of science and art.


Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co., 499 U.S. 340 (1991).


Copyright assures authors the right to their original expression, but encourages others to build freely upon the ideas and information conveyed by a...

Copyright assures authors the right to their original expression, but encourages others to build freely upon the ideas and information conveyed by a...

Copyright assures authors the right to their original expression, but encourages others to build freely upon the ideas and information conveyed by a...

Copyright assures authors the right to their original expression, but encourages others to build freely upon the ideas and information conveyed by a...