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June 27, 2007


Copyright Law Decision Reinforces Publishers' Right to Digital Content

If this means what I think it means, this appellate court decision has huge implications for comics, as it signifies a major strengthening of the publishers side in the recent run of court struggles with the idea of publishers repackaging material as complete archival-type offerings in CD-ROM or on-line accessible form without have specifically worked out digital rights for individual articles within such projects. I would imagine this could clear a path for major offerings that involve comics, such as a long-rumored complete National Lampoon, or writings about comics, like a complete collection of Wizard.
 
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