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 publisher newspaper had the reproduction rights under the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998
D) electronic reproduction is not subject to the Copyright Act
E) none of the other choices

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In New York Times Co. v. Tasini, the Supreme Court held that the electronic reproduction of previously published newspaper articles in databases without the permission of the freelance authors violated the authors' copyright, thus none of the provided choices accurately describe the Court's decision.