Siebersma v. Vande Berg

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

In this copyright dispute, the district court granted partial summary judgment and a preliminary injunction favoring computer programmer Marvin Siebersma. Because of the existence of a genuine dispute of material fact, we reverse the partial summary judgment and dissolve the preliminary injunction.

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Starting in 1988, Siebersma wrote computer programs for Vande Berg Scales (VBS) as an independent contractor. While continuing to do contract work for VBS, Siebersma in 1989 also started doing hourly work at company headquarters. Siebersma contends that this hourly work was…