the implications of the decision to instruct a jury to consider SSO to be worthy of copyright "for the purpose of deliberations" may have significant ramifications that we can not yet foresee. With that statement, this Court effectively set a legal precedent.

I think it has been stated that when framed like that, "for the purpose of deliberations", it doesn't set any precedent, but I would agree with you. It certainly adds some credibility to the proposition that the SSO may be copyrightable, else why put it to the jury? The moment that was done, the judge, whether he intended to or not, elevated the importance of the SSO as something tangible that might be copyrightable.

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