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Article: Random House denied motion for injunction against e-publisher RosettaBooks;; Court ruling a first-round victory for authors of backlist classics.
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- July 12, 2001
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M2 PRESSWIRE-12 July 2001-RosettaBooks: Random House denied motion for injunction against e-publisher RosettaBooks;; Court ruling a first-round victory for authors of backlist classics (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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NEW YORK -- In a landmark decision today, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled in favor of e-publisher RosettaBooks against plaintiff Random House, Inc.
In doing so, the court has upheld the e-publisher's right to negotiate electronic publishing deals with the legal holders of these copyrights, the authors themselves.
In his decision, Judge Sidney H. Stein ...