Legal Opinion
American Geophysical Union v. Texaco Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 26, 1992No. 85 Civ. 3446(PNL)PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law
LEYAL, District Judge.
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This class action tests the question whether it is lawful under the U.S. Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 101, et seq., for a profit-seeking company to make unauthorized copies of copyrighted articles published in scientific and technical journals for use by the company’s scientists employed in scientific research. The plaintiffs are publishers of scientific and technical journals that publish copyrighted material under assignment from the authors. The defendant is Texaco Inc., one of the largest corporations in the…
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