Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Electronic-Publishing Case

Arguments in a case on electronic publishing before the U.S. Supreme Court last month raised the possibility that the court's ruling could have broad repercussions for the future of scholarly research.

During arguments in The New York Times Company v. Jonathan Tasini, lawyers for the two sides debated whether publishers violate copyright laws by distributing freelancers' articles on the Internet and on CD-ROM's without the authors' permission.

Most of the discussion focused on

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