Subject: Special Libraries Association Urge Settlement in Tasini et al v. New York Times
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Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 12:53:55 -0500
Message-Id: <v04210110b6a88acdc874@[192.100.21.23]> Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 12:53:55 -0500 To: ninch-announce@cni.org From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> Subject: Special Libraries Association Urge Settlement in Tasini et al v. New York Times
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February 8, 2001
Special Libraries Association Urge Settlement in
Tasini et al v. New York Times.
http://www.sla.org/content/memberservice/communication/pr/pressrelease/2102.cfm
The Special Libraries Association has issued an interesting appeal
for settlement of the Tasini et al v. New York Times case, before the
case is reviewed by the Supreme Court.
For background on the case visit the National Writers Union page at:
http://www.nwu.org/tvt/tvthome.htm
David Green
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>Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 16:31:26 -0600
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>From: Joe Ellison <j-ellison@nwu.edu>
>To: Multiple recipients of list <cni-copyright@cni.org>
>Subject: Tasini, press release from Special Libraries Assn
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>Status:
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>Though some folks on the list might be interested in this:
>
>INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS URGE AUTHORS, PUBLISHERS
>TO SETTLE DIFFERENCES IN COPYRIGHT DISPUTE
>Washington, DC, February 1, 2001
>
>* The Board of Directors of the Special Libraries Association (SLA)
>called today for publishers and authors to seek consensus through
>negotiations, rather than wait for the Supreme Court to reach a
>decision in the matter of Tasini et al v. New York Times.
>
>Tasini vs. The New York Times is the landmark lawsuit brought by members of
>the National Writers Union against The New York Times Company, Newsday Inc.,
>Time Inc., Lexis-Nexis, and University Microfilms Inc., charging copyright
>violation regarding the electronic reuse of work produced and sold on a
>freelance basis.
>
>The U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, overturned a lower court
>ruling in favor of the publishers. The U.S. Supreme Court has
>agreed to review the case.
>
>See the entire statement at:
><http://www.sla.org/content/memberservice/communication/pr/pressreleas
>e/2102.cfm>
>
>Joe Ellison
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