KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:
The defendant in this criminal case admitted making and selling precise reproductions of a map bearing a copyright. The sole issue on appeal is whether the map that the defendant copied was of such originality that its copyright was valid. That inquiry requires us to decide a question of copyright law not addressed by previous decisions in this circuit.
The defendant, Edward S. Hamilton, was charged with two counts of knowing and willful...
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