Publishers Lose Database Copyright Appeal

IQ writes "A federal appeals court has unanimously overturned a lower court ruling on the copyright of a freelance published work in an electronic database. Read more about it in the New York Times " Free login, blah blah. Interesting ruling though - essentially, the database companies have been told that they cannot include the work of freelance contributors without the permission of the freelancers. Seems elementary to me, but a step in the right direction for information rights.