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Tag: Independent Contractors

Tasini: the Perils of Using Independent Contractor Content (2000)

Tuesday, 05 September 2000 by Elliott Alderman
A recent decision of the Second Circuit underscores just how important careful contract drafting is when dealing with rights transfers in non-employee contexts. In Tasini v. New York Times, the appeals court held that publishers and owners of electronic databases do not, without a specific transfer of rights, have the authority to reuse electronically individual articles
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