Legal Opinion
Faulkner v. National Geographic Society
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 13, 2002No. 97CIV.09361LAK, 99CIV.12488LAKPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KAPLAN, District Judge.
This is an action principally for copyright infringement and breach of contract by a number of photographers and writers whose work has been published in National Geographic Magazine (the “Magazine ”). The essence of their claim is that they granted National Geographic Society (“NGS”) limited rights to publish their works and that the defendants have infringed their intellectual property and contract rights by republishing their work beyond the rights granted to them, chiefly in electronic media. The matter is before the Court on the motion of de…
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