Texas A&M University won’t face reinstated copyright claims for posting part of a sportswriter’s unpublished work online, after the Fifth Circuit denied a petition for rehearing.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Monday let stand its ruling that the university is immune from sportswriter Michael J. Bynum’s copyright and takings claims and clearing two university employees of copyright infringement claims.
Bynum alleges the university posted the first chapter of his book “12th Man” online without his permission after removing Bynum’s name from the work. The university took the work down after four days in response to Bynum’s ...
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