Legal Opinion
Tasini v. New York Times Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 13, 1997No. 93 Civ. 8678(SS)PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SOTOMAYOR, District Judge.
In this action, the Court is called upon to determine whether publishers are entitled to place the contents of their periodicals into electronic data bases and onto CD-ROMs without first securing the permission of the freelance writers whose contributions are included in those periodicals. According to the Complaint, filed by a group of freelance journalists, this practice infringes the copyright that each writer holds in his or her individual articles. The defendant publishers and electronic service providers respond by invoking the “revision”…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation EnterprisesSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by24 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. TasiniSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Matthew Bender & Company, Inc., Hyperlaw, Inc., Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellee v. West Publishing Co. West Publishing CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
- Tasini v. The New York Times Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
- A. Brod, Inc. v. SK&I CO., LLCDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1998
- Capitol Records, Inc. v. ThomasDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 2008
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