The litigants in this case are the major content hoarders: the American Chemical Society, Elsevier, Inc., Marcel Dekker, Inc., SAGE Publications, Inc. and Wiley Periodicals, Inc. The lawsuit, which the companies say "reflects growing infringement of digital content," was filed against two of the many clipping services. One of the companies, LMS Information Services, has been in the business since 1998 (so I'm not sure what the publishers mean by 'growing infringement'). The lawsuit might not be a cakewalk (though this may depend more on the defendants' bankrolls than on the law, as is usual in such cases). LMS appeals to fair use on its website, and offers to handle any commercial copyright clearance the subscriber may request. I think the lawsuits have more to do with consolidating the publishers' customer base, an effort to put clipping services in general out of business. "Businesses and individuals who buy text content from document deliverers and other information services want to be sure the works they are receiving have been lawfully obtained," says Wiley's Roy Kaufman.
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