Re: Supreme Court Ruling--Copyright--New York Times v. Tasini

[John Webb <jwebb@wsu.edu>]

Any bets that they use it as an excuse to raise prices?

At 05:33 PM 6/25/01 EDT, you wrote:

>FYI....wonder how this will impact journal article aggregators?
>
>Bernie Sloan
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: gary price [mailto:gprice@gwu.edu]
>Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 10:54 AM
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>Subject: [DIG_REF] Supreme Court Ruling--Copyright--New York Times v.
>Tasini
>
>The decision itself should be online soon.
>
>http://www.cnn.com/2001/LAW/06/25/scotus.copyright.ap/index.html
>
>>From the article, "The court ruled 7-2 that compilation in an electronic
>database is different from other kinds of archival or library storage of
>material that once appeared in print. That means that copyright laws require
>big media companies such as The New York Times to get free-lancers'
>permission before posting their work online."
>
>http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010625/wr/court_media_dc_1.html
>
>>From the article, "The high court, by a 7-2 vote, upheld a ruling that the
>publishers must pay free-lance writers, photographers and artists extra for
>work included in online and CD-ROM databases or must remove the material."
>
>Gary D. Price, MLIS
>Librarian
>Gary Price Research and Internet Consulting
>Information Consultant, George Washington University
>gprice@gwu.edu