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Microdecisions, Inc. v. Skinner

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copyright law. In the decision, the court held that "Skinner has no authority to assert copyright protection in the GIS maps, which are public records." In support of this, the Court held that the "Florida public records law ... overrides a governmental agency's ability to claim a copyright in its work unless the legislature has expressly authorized a public records exemption." Additionally, the Court confirmed "Florida's Constitution and its statutes do not permit public records to be copyrighted unless the legislature specifically states they can be."
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Property Appraiser could require prospective commercial users of the official GIS records created in his office to first enter into a licensing agreement. The court concluded that he may not. While no one disputed the GIS maps were public record, Skinner argued they were protected by federal
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This was a Florida District Court of Appeal decision, but the Florida Supreme Court declined to hear the case and ordered the Skinner (as Collier County Property Appraiser) to pay Microdecisions' attorney's fees. The
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affirmed the lower Court's ruling when it refused to hear the case by denying certiorari review.
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The case was cited as providing the main reasoning for the decision in
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County of Santa Clara v. California First Amendment Coalition
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County of Suffolk v. First American Real Estate Solutions
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Copyright status of work by U.S. subnational governments
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889 So.2d 871
Florida Second District Court of Appeal
Collier County
United States Supreme Court
County of Santa Clara v. California First Amendment Coalition
California Courts of Appeal
Copyright status of work by the Florida government
Copyright status of work by U.S. subnational governments
County of Suffolk v. First American Real Estate Solutions
261 F.3d 179

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