Washington, D.C. — In a surprise decision that exonerates dozens of major companies, the U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that corporate earnings statements should be protected as works of art, as they "create something from nothing."
Cite
✖
Cite
-
APAIto, J. (2002, July 8). SUPREME COURT RULES EARNINGS SHOULD BE PROTECTED AS "ART". Joi Ito's Web [Blog post]. https://joi.ito.com/weblog/2002/07/08/supreme-court-r.html
-
MLAIto, Joichi. “SUPREME COURT RULES EARNINGS SHOULD BE PROTECTED AS "ART".” Joi Ito's Web, 8 July 2002 https://joi.ito.com/weblog/2002/07/08/supreme-court-r.html. Accessed 24 Apr 2026
-
Chicago (CMS)Ito, Joichi. “SUPREME COURT RULES EARNINGS SHOULD BE PROTECTED AS "ART".” Joi Ito's Web (Blog), July 8, 2002, https://joi.ito.com/weblog/2002/07/08/supreme-court-r.html
-
HarvardIto, J. (2002). SUPREME COURT RULES EARNINGS SHOULD BE PROTECTED AS "ART". Joi Ito's Web. https://joi.ito.com/weblog/2002/07/08/supreme-court-r.html
-
VancouverIto J. SUPREME COURT RULES EARNINGS SHOULD BE PROTECTED AS "ART". Joi Ito's Web [Internet]. 2002 Jul 8; Available from: https://joi.ito.com/weblog/2002/07/08/supreme-court-r.html
-
Bibtex
@online{Ito2002SUPREMECOU, author = {Ito, Joichi}, title = {{SUPREME COURT RULES EARNINGS SHOULD BE PROTECTED AS "ART"}}, journal = {Joi Ito's Web}, type = {Blog}, url = {https://joi.ito.com/weblog/2002/07/08/supreme-court-r.html}, urldate = {2026-04-24}, date = {2002-07-08}, year = {2002}, month = {Jul}, day = {8} }
Recent Posts
- A Guest Post From Jibot
- Regarding Recent Media Coverage and Social Media Comments
- Morning Thick Tea and Yuen
- Ikezu stickers of Kyoto people with a hidden side
- True North Between the Dragons
- No mud, no lotus
- Using High Dynamic Range (HDR) iPhone Footage in Premiere Pro 2.3.2
- web3 in Japan
- The World Is Complex. Measuring Charity Has to Be Too
- Is philanthropy a bad excuse for limiting strong government?
![Joi Ito [logo]](/_site/img/joi-ito-logo-300.png)
