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TASINI v. NEW YORK TIMES CO.

No. 93 Civ. 8678(SS).

972 F.Supp. 804 (1997)

Jonathan TASINI, Mary Kay Blakely, Barbara Garson, Margot Mifflin, Sonia Jaffe Robbins, and David S. Whitford, Plaintiffs, v. The NEW YORK TIMES CO., Newsday Inc., Time Inc., The Atlantic Monthly Co., Mead Data Central Corp., and University Microfilms Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

August 13, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emily M. Bass, Burstein & Bass, New York City, for Plaintiffs.

Bruce P. Keller, Lorin L. Reisner, Thomas H. Prochnow, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, for Defendants.

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...

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