High Court Won't Hear Anchorwoman Scandal Case
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a copyright infringement case involving footage that circulated on the Internet of an Ohio television anchorwoman taking part in a wet t-shirt contest while on vacation with her husband in Key West, Fla.
The case involved Catherine Bosley, who previously served as a morning and noontime anchor on Youngstown's WKBN-TV. She resigned from the station after a wave of negative publicity and is now an anchor/reporter for WOIO-TV in Cleveland. In the lawsuit, Bosley accused staff at WFMJ, her former station's rival, of copying and distributing copyrighted works (the racy video).
A 2007 federal appeals court ruling in the case described the proceedings as "extensive and rancorous." Read that opinion here. Speaking of topics that get the FCC fired up, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case involving the commission's policy on "fleeting expletives." Check CongressDaily's PM edition for details.
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