June 15, 2007

Textbook Author Files Copyright Suit Against Publisher and U. of Phoenix

By GOLDIE BLUMENSTYK

An emeritus professor of business from the University of Georgia says an international textbook publisher and the for-profit University of Phoenix have been knowingly using content without permission from a textbook he wrote seven years ago, as well as selling unauthorized versions of the book. He is suing the two giant enterprises for copyright infringement.

In the lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Atlanta, Patrick G. McKeown, alleges that the Thomson Corporation and two of its