Monday, March 02, 2009

SUPREME COURT GRANTS 'CERT' ON JURISDICTION ISSUE IN FREELANCERS' SETTLEMENT

CERTIORARI GRANTED

08-103

REED ELSEVIER, INC., ET AL. V. MUCHNICK, IRVIN, ET AL.

The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted limited to
the following question: Does 17 U.S.C. ยง411(a) restrict
the subject matter jurisdiction of the federal courts over
copyright infringement actions?

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

For those interested in some background on this case I have republished a revised and expanded version of my article "Why Publishers Use Freelancers"
on Smashwords.com. There is a free sample but the whole thing will cost a dollar.

Regards,

Francis Hamit

11:13 AM  

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