scotusblog.com - 3/2/2009
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After examining the case multiple times, the Supreme Court agreed on Monday to rule on the scope of federal court authority to decide cases involving copyright infringement. The Court limited its review to a question it had composed: “Does 17 USC 411-a restrict the subject matter ...
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Court Wades into Copyright Dispute
ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society —
... The case was born out of an $18 million class action settlement between freelancers and publishers in 2005. The settlement, which took four years of litigation to reach, was intended to resolve the issue of whether contracts between the parties permitted republication of freelancers’ works online. The settlement was approved by a federal judge before being thrown out by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on the grounds that federal courts lack jurisdiction over claims of unregistered copyrights being infringed. The publishers are now ...
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