Editing Burton, Ohio (section)

==History==
[[File:Burton village green, northern end.jpg|thumb|left|Village commercial district]]
Burton was founded in 1798 and is Geauga County's oldest settlement. Like many other early settlements in the [[Connecticut Western Reserve]], Burton has a [[town square]] patterned after the [[village green]]s of [[New England]].
[[File:Burton Ohio May 2015 25.jpg|alt=Photo of the historical marker in Burton, Ohio showcasing the first telephone station in Ohio in 1877.|thumb|left|A historical marker for the first telephone station in Ohio.<ref>M.A. (2022) Burton, Ohio First Telephone Station in Ohio. [image]</ref>]]

In 1972, an incident in Burton lead to a U.S. Supreme Court case. [[Hugo Zacchini]] performed a [[human cannonball]] act at Burton's annual [[Geauga County Fair]], and [[WEWS-TV]] recorded and aired the entire act against his wishes and without compensating him, as was required by [[Personality rights#United States|Ohio law]]. In ''[[Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co.]]'', the high court ruled in 1977 that the First Amendment did not shield the broadcaster from liability from [[Common law copyright#State law copyright claims|common law copyright]] claims.<ref>{{cite web|author=White, Byron|author-link=Byron White|title=HUGO ZACCHINI, PETITIONER, V. SCRIPPS-HOWARD BROADCASTING COMPANY.|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/433/562|work=[[Legal Information Institute]]|publisher=[[Cornell Law School]]|date=June 28, 1977|accessdate=April 27, 2014}}</ref>

A historical marker is placed at 41° 28.25′ N, 81° 8.692′ W indicating the location for the first telephone station in the state of Ohio (1877).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Burton Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=122780 |access-date=October 25, 2022 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref>