In New York Times Co. v. Tasini, involving the electronic database reproduction of previously published newspaper articles, the Supreme Court held that:
A) the publisher newspaper had the reproduction rights as derivative works
B) the publisher newspaper had the reproduction rights since they were "works for hire"
C) the article authors had the reproduction rights
D) electronic reproduction is not subject to the Copyright Act
E) none of the other choices

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The Supreme Court held that the article authors had the reproduction rights, and that the electronic reproduction of their articles constituted copyright infringement. The Court rejected the publisher newspaper's argument that they had the reproduction rights either as derivative works or works for hire.