The Supreme Court of the United States agreed on Monday to finalize whether the publication of the New York Times and other newspaper publications without the permission of freelancers to publish their works in the newspaper database or conduct electronic publishing would infringe the copyright of freelancers. judgment.

The Supreme Court will listen to the New York Times, Newsday, and Time Magazine and the two database companies' records that they have the right to publish freelance writer's published editions of newspapers and magazines on the Internet database or CD The statement on the CD-ROM, these newspapers and companies said that they do not need to obtain the author's permission in advance. However, freelance writers claim that newspaper publishers paid only for their remuneration for publishing their works in the print version. Therefore, they do not have the right to publish the relevant electronic works on the Internet or CD.

The lawsuit was filed by six freelance writers who submitted articles to Times, Newsday, and Sports Illustrated from 1990 to 1993. They also filed two database companies Lexis/Nexis and University Microfilms. The court accused the newspapers and companies of infringing their copyright by depositing their works in an online database.

The U.S. Federal Copyright Act stipulates that newspapers and magazines have the right to republish after the “freelance” of the work of freelance writers. Magazines such as Time Magazine stated that the electronic version of the work is also a “change” to the original work. Therefore, it is not necessary to solicit the opinions of the authors to deposit in an online database or publish it on a CD-ROM. However, the United States Second Circuit Court ruled in September 1999 that the plaintiff won the case and stated that the press did not have the right to deposit the work of the freelance writer into an online database without the permission of the author. In response, the above-mentioned newspapers and companies stated that this has caused the electronic version of the newspapers accumulated in the database for decades to be destroyed, and it has also been a blow to all libraries, academic research institutions and publishers in the United States.

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