Aug 14, 2021

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Provocateur copyrights a Magic: The Gathering Deck

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Copyright does not protect the fruits of your hard work. It just doesn’t. No matter what you’ve heard, the legal basis for copyright — in US law and in international treaties — is to protect creativity, not effort.

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Provocateur copyrights a Magic: The Gathering Deck

Come for the compilation copyright, stay for the free IP Law Casebook.

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