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FAULKNER v. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

No. 97 Civ. 9361(LAK), 99 Civ. 12385(LAK), 99 Civ. 12488(LAK), 02 Civ. 6623(LAK).

294 F.Supp.2d 523 (2003)

Douglas FAULKNER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, et al., Defendants. Fred Ward, et ano., Plaintiffs, v. The National Geographic Society, et al., Defendants. David Hiser, et al., Plaintiffs, v. National Geographic Society, et al., Defendants. Louis Psihoyos, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The National Geographic Society, et al., Defendants.

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

December 11, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Berger, Tannenbaum, Helpern, Syracuse & Hirschtritt, LLP, for Plaintiffs in No. 99 Civ. 12385.

Richard F. Schaden, David Katzman, Danial Alan Nelson, Schaden, Katzman, Lampert & McClune, for Plaintiffs Psihoyos, Rickman, Austen and Matrix Int'l, Inc., in No. 97 Civ. 9361 and for Plaintiffs in No. 02 Civ. 6623.

Stephen A. Weingrad, Kimberly C. Turina, Weingrad & Weingrad, LLP, for Plaintiff Douglas Faulkner in No. 97 Civ. 9361 and for Plaintiffs in No. 99 Civ. 12488.

Robert G. Sugarman, Naomi Jane Gray, Pierre M. Davis, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, for Defendants.

Terrence B. Adamson, National Geographic Society, for Defendants National Geographic Society, National Geographic Holdings, and National Geographic Enterprises, Inc.

OPINION

KAPLAN, District Judge.

The digital revolution has caused substantial growing pains in the law of copyright as the law has sought to adapt to the demands of a new age. This case is yet another example.

Plaintiffs here are freelance photographers or writers who created images or text that originally appeared in the print version of the National Geographic Magazine (the "Magazine"). While the ownership of the copyrights in their...

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