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Faulkner v. National Geographic Society
District Court, S.D. New York (2003) | 294 F. Supp. 2d 523; 32 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1161; 69 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1370; 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22202; 2003 WL 22927506
TL;DR: Freelance contributors sued National Geographic, claiming its digital CD-ROM archive of past magazines infringed their copyrights. The court held the digital archive was a privileged "revision" of the original collective works under the Copyright Act, thus not an infringement.
Legal Significance: Establishes that a digital replica of a print collective work, even with new software features, can qualify as a privileged "revision" under § 201(c) of the Copyright Act, so long as the original contributions are presented in their original context.