Ronald Ragan, Jr. v. Berkshire Hathaway Automotive, Inc.
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Whether the correct standard of copyrightability is the Constitutional and statutory standard of originality as articulated in Feist or the Eighth Circuit's 'convey information' standard
QUESTIONS PRESENTED Whether the correct standard of copyrightability is the Constitutional and statutory standard of originality as articulated in this Court’s unanimous Feist decision or the Eighth Circuit’s newfound “convey information” standard.! ' Insofar as the U.S. Constitution, the 1976 Copyright Act, and this Court in Feist Publ’ns, Inc. v. Rural Tel. Serv. Co., 499 U.S. 340 (1991), answer this question in favor of the originality standard, Petitioner submits that summary disposition on the merits under Rule 16.1 would be appropriate here. ii