New York Times Co. v. Tasini
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New York Times Co. v. Tasini, 533 U.S. 483 (2001), is a leading decision by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of copyright in the contents of a newspaper database.
The lawsuit brought by members of the National Writers Union against the New York Times Company, Newsday Inc., Time Inc., University Microfilms, and LexisNexis. The freelance writers charged copyright infringement due to the use and reuse in electronic media of articles initially licensed to be published in print form. In a decisive 7-2 ruling the Court affirmed the copyright privileges of freelance writers whose works were originally published in periodicals and then provided by the publishers to electronic databases without explicit permission of, or compensation to, the writers. As a result of the decision, plaintiffs won a compensation pool of $18 million, which has not yet been distributed.
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- NEW YORK TIMES CO. V. TASINI
- Writers Union explanation of the ruling
- N.Y. Times statement about the ruling
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