Copyright Infringement
3/6/2009 4:04:00 PM EST
Certiorari Granted In Dispute Over Freelance Works In Electronic Databases
The U.S. Supreme Court on March 2 granted certiorari in a long-running case about the copyrights associated with freelance contributions to written publications that are subsequently reproduced in electronic databases (Reed Elsevier Inc., et al. v. Irvin Muchnick, et al., No. 08-103, U.S. Sup.). [Editor's Note: Reed Elsevier is the parent company of LexisNexis.] Certiorari is limited to the following question: Does 17 U.S.C. § 411(a) restrict the subject matter jurisdiction of the federal courts over copyright infringement actions?
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