This article was cited by the U.S. Supreme Court in New York Times Company v. Tasini, 533 U.S. 483 at 497 (2001)

Gordon, Wendy J.

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Fine-tuning Tasini: privileges of electronic distribution and reproduction

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is arguably the soundest copyright court in the nation. In Tasini v. New York Times, it handled a challenge brought by a group of freelance writers against publishers and database proprietors. The controversy, now pending in the United States Supreme Court, has wide importance because it will determine what entitlements attach to a publisher who purchases a privilege to include a freelancer\u27s story in the publisher\u27s magazine or newspaper. Essentially, the issue is whether a publisher, who has not purchased the story\u27s copyright and has not obtained an explicit agreement regarding electronic rights, may nevertheless exploit the story electronically

Gordon, Wendy J

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