FYI: I would assume this applies to photographs, too. I would assume
anyone who submits material to the railroad magazines is assumed to be a
freelancer ... DRB
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NEWS MEDIA UPDATE - Digest version
VOL. 3, NO. 13
August 25, 1997
published by the
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
IN THIS ISSUE:
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Freelancers lose claim over electronic publishing rights
NEW YORK--Freelance writers who sell their stories may not stop
the periodical publishers who buy them from putting the contents of
their publications into electronic databases or CD-ROMS, a federal
District Court in Manhattan ruled in mid-August.
The court noted that its finding, that electronic versions are
"revisions" of the original articles covered by the publishers'
copyright interest in the collective work of the periodicals they
produce, is the first court decision to address the question of
authors' copyrights in electronic republication of their work.
Jonathan Tasini, president of the National Writers Union, and
several other freelance writers lost the copyright infringement suit
against The New York Times, Long Island Newsday and Sports
Illustrated, and against electronic publishers who purchase the
contents of the periodicals for electronic redistribution.
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