Fair Use Likely To Shield Westlaw, LexisNexis In Copyright Suit

By Ryan Davis (February 24, 2012, 9:03 PM EST) -- A proposed class action accusing legal research providers Westlaw and LexisNexis of infringing the copyrights of attorneys by selling online access to legal filings raises novel issues in copyright law, but the database operators should have a strong defense under the fair use doctrine, lawyers say....

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