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Aucbvax.6006 fa.digest-p utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!digest-people Sat Jan 30 23:24:09 1982 more on copyrights >From decvax!duke!mcnc!unc!smb@Berkeley Sat Jan 30 23:21:38 1982 Just heard a feature on "All Things Considered" that bears on the questions we've been discussing. Two or three years ago, Time magazine was going to print some excerpts from Gerald Ford's memoirs, which were to be published by Harper, Row. The magazine Nation received a copy of the excerpts, and printed them; Time then withdrew from its deal, which caused Harper, Row to lose money. So they've sued Nation for copyright infringement.

Nation agrees that the material was protected by copyright. However, the "fair use" doctrine -- according to this feature -- protects the right of news organizations to report significant news items *even* *if* *they're* *otherwise* *protected*. Harper, Row agrees that this is correct in principle, but claims that the excerpts printed were not newsworthy, that the substance of the remarks had previously appeared.

The trial will continue for about another month.

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