Judge Rejects Random House Request
- From: J Flenner <varney@[redacted]>
- Subject: Judge Rejects Random House Request
- Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 18:50:26 -0400
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010711/tc/e_book_suit_1.html
Wednesday July 11 5:57 PM ET
Judge Rejects Random House Request
By HILLEL ITALIE, Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge has rejected Random House's
request for a preliminary injunction to stop an online publisher
from selling electronic versions of ``Cat's Cradle,'' ``Sophie's
Choice'' and six other books.
U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein ruled Wednesday that the
right to print, publish and sell the works in book form in the
contracts at issue does not include the right to publish the
works in the electronic format.
In February, Random House sued RosettaBooks for offering
e-versions of eight works the publisher had issued in paper form.
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