Supreme Court Holds 'The Nation' Violated Copyright Laws in Printing Ford Excerpts.

This article focuses on the U.S. Supreme Court ruling which states that news publications are not allowed to print substantial portions of copy-righted works without receiving permission from copyright owner. The decision came in a case involving the memoirs of former U.S. President Gerald R. Ford. According to the court, "The Nation" magazine violated the copyright laws when it published an article based on the Ford's book several weeks before a serialized version of the memoirs was scheduled to appear in the periodical "Time."