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FAULKNER v. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

Nos. 97CIV.09361LAK, 99CIV.12488LAK.

211 F.Supp.2d 450 (2002)

Douglas FAULKNER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, et al., Defendants. David Hiser, et al., Plaintiffs, v. National Geographic Society, et al., Defendants.

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

July 13, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Weingrad, Alessandro Turina, Weingrad & Weingrad LLP, New York City, for Plaintiffs.

Robert G. Sugarman, Naomi Jane Gray, Joanne McLaren, Pierre M. Davis, Armelle Nina VanDorp, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York City, Terrence B. Adamson, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KAPLAN, District Judge.

This is an action principally for copyright infringement and breach of contract by a number of photographers and writers whose work has been published in National Geographic Magazine (the "Magazine"). The essence of their claim is that they granted National Geographic Society ("NGS") limited rights to publish their works and that the defendants have infringed their intellectual property and contract...

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