The AbioCor is the first mechanical device designed to replace the entire heart that is totally self-contained within the chest and not connected to outside power or pumps. The Supreme Court ruled free-lance writers may control whether articles they sold for print in a regular newspaper or magazine may be reproduced in electronic form. In a 7-2 ruling, the court said that compilation in an electronic database is different from other kinds of archival or library storage of material that once appeared in print. Copyright laws will require big media companies to get free-lancers permission before posting their work online. The case largely affects articles, photographs and illustrations produced a decade ago before free-lance contracts provided for the material s electronic use.
Some databases require the user to pay a fee, while others are available free over the Internet.
Technological advances have changed the way information is available in ways neither the writer nor the publication foresaw. He collapsed at his home and was rushed to Brotman Medical Center. O Connor died about an hour later. He underwent bypass surgery in 1989 and had a toe amputated last year because of circulatory problems associated with diabetes. O Connor s image is forever branded in acting through Archie Bunker, an outspoken, blue-collar worker who rallied against a changing mysterious world.