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Court Ruling Limits Copyright Claims

Posted by Zonk on from the put-your-cap-back-on dept.

Spamicles writes "A federal appellate panel in Atlanta has reversed its circuit's 6-year-old opinion in a major copyright case, declaring the ruling's mandate on behalf of freelance photographers to be "moot." Until now, publishers could be forced to share with freelancers whenever they reproduce and sell those freelancers' previously published works in merchandise designed for computer access. The new ruling says that reproduction on a CD or other media is not a new use of formerly published issues. The full court decision (pdf) is available online, and Law.com has an analysis of the ruling's repercussions."

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  1. FP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FP BITCHEZ

    1. Re:FP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      The press claims more than it should sometimes on the grounds of freedom of the press. Freedom of the press does not allow them to infringe upon the rights of others. The freedom of the press is that the government will not interfere with the press or censor it because it is making statments that are negative to the government. If the press makes false allegations against an individual with no proof at all they would still be held liable if freedom of press is interpreted properly.