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U.S. Supreme Court

Mar. 4, 2010

Supreme Court Reinstates Settlement

In a unanimous ruling Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated a settlement in a major copyright infringement case.

By Lawrence Hurley

Daily Journal Staff Writer

In a unanimous ruling Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated a settlement in a major copyright infringement case.

The case revolved around claims from freelance writers that publishers had infringed their copyrights by producing electronic copies without the authors' permission.

A federal judge in the Southern District of New York oversaw a settlement in 2005, ...

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