Australian Court Says Headlines Aren't Copyrightable

Courtesy Techdirt  Thu, 09/09/2010 - 03:35

US courts figured this out a while ago, but it's nice to see that an Australian court has now ruled that newspaper headlines don't deserve copyright protection .

The specific lawsuit was over the use of Australian Financial Review headlines in LexisNexis, which also summarized the articles in question.

It appears the judge also said that the use of the headlines constitutes "fair dealing," but I'm a bit confused about the combination here.

If the headlines aren't copyrightable... then...

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