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Posted By: Paul

If you omitted the commentary at the beginning of each set, as well as the prices, the Supreme Court's Feist decision SHOULD allow someone to reprint the checklists without being guilty of copyright infringement. However, anyone doing this should be prepared for a costly legal battle. And many of the lower courts have taken a very narrow view of the Feist decision, which raises the risk. Also, Congress is constantly considering legislation to prohibit the copying of data compilations, which would effectively overrule the Supreme Court's Feist decision.