The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that commercial exploitation of copyrighted materials by a Michigan copy shop did not constitute ''fair use'' was upheld when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the case. Articles and book chapters may be used in university coursepacks only with permission of the copyright holder.
British corporations taking over the stock business with new acquisitions. Getty acquires Liaison. Visual Communications Group is looking for a major U.S. agency to purchase. Two largest sellers of stock in the world.
Freelancers sue AP alleging AP has historically and illegally infringed their copyrights.
Microsoft tries to get all rights when hiring writers to work for their network. The have six different versions of their ''standard contract'' with various levels of rights give up according to ASJA.