lish ▁his ▁or ▁her ▁article ▁in ▁the ▁electronic ▁databases ▁need ▁to ▁be ▁in ▁writing ? ▁ ▁Does ▁Robert son ▁have ▁standing ▁to ▁assert ▁a ▁claim ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁employees ▁of ▁the ▁Glo be ? ▁ ▁On ▁the ▁cross - appe al : ▁ ▁Whether ▁the ▁electronic ▁databases ▁in fr ing ed ▁the ▁right ▁of ▁ ▁fre el ance ▁authors ; ▁and ▁ ▁Glo be ▁staff ▁writers . ▁ ▁The ▁bulk ▁of ▁the ▁opinion ▁was ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁the ▁cross - appe al ▁issues . ▁ ▁Main ▁Issue ▁The ▁Court ▁first ▁recognized ▁that ▁the ▁author ▁held ▁the ▁copy right ▁in ▁her ▁articles , ▁and ▁the ▁newspaper ▁held ▁the ▁copy right ▁in ▁the ▁compilation ▁or ▁collection ▁of ▁works ▁that ▁contained ▁them . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁the ▁issue ▁became ▁whether ▁the ▁electronic ▁databases ▁were ▁a ▁reprodu ction ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁article , ▁or ▁of ▁the ▁newspaper . ▁ ▁The ▁Court ▁then ▁noted ▁that ▁though ▁the ▁newspaper ▁had ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁modify ▁its ▁collection , ▁it ▁did ▁not ▁have ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁de context ual ize ▁its ▁articles ▁so ▁much ▁so ▁as ▁to ▁remove ▁the ▁int imate ▁connection ▁to ▁the ▁newspaper . ▁ ▁The ▁Court ▁agreed ▁with ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁who ▁found ▁in ▁Tas ini ▁that ▁the ▁databases ▁were ▁not ▁a ▁reprodu ction ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁collected ▁work . ▁ ▁The ▁Court ▁str essed ▁that ▁a ▁primary ▁determin ant ▁of ▁their ▁result ▁was ▁the ▁output ▁that ▁the ▁user ▁received ▁when ▁query ing ▁the ▁database , ▁not ▁the ▁input