Freelance Copyright Settlement: Onto the Supreme CourtIrvin Muchnickbyline‚ Mar. 04‚ 2009Ed note: Muchnick, a frequent contributor to Beyond Chron, learned this week that his copyright infringement case was accepted by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has agreed to review a ruling by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which had invalidated a settlement of a global class action copyright infringement suit on behalf of freelance journalists against the combined newspaper and periodical industries and their electronic database partners. This new development sets up the possibility that the High Court will reinstall the settlement by reversing the Second Circuit's holding that the federal courts have no jurisdiction over settlements involving copyrights not formally registered with the Copyright Office. |