March 9, 2001
Library Groups Favor Writers in Battle Over Electronic Publishing
Two academic-library organizations filed a joint brief last month in support of freelance writers who are fighting the nation's biggest news publishers in a lawsuit before the U.S. Supreme Court. The case, The New York Times Company v. Jonathan Tasini, concerns whether publishers violate writers' copyrights by distributing their works electronically without their permission.
Electronic publishers have argued that if the Supreme Court sides with freelance writers, the public could be
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