The "hot news" case is gone with satelite technology. News agencies and broadcast journalists lift from one another all the time. Sometimes there is a lead in - "in a copyrighted story in the XYZ paper today . . ." This I think is appropriate. I don't think it is compelled.
Most papers and other media simply pay for the broad coverage - BBC reporters around the world, etc. - today.
Cheers,
Steve Jamar
Steven D. Jamar
Professor of Law
Director LRW Program
Howard University School of Law
2900 Van Ness Street NW
Washington, DC 20008
vox: 202-806-8017 fax: 202-806-8428
email: sjamar[_at_]law.howard.edu
The more you know, the more you know you don't know. Received on Sat May 17 1997 - 13:26:27 GMT
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