The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-03
news STEALING G.
CASE ARGUED In
SUPREME COURT
Associated Press Wants
Permanent Injunction
Against "Pirates"
az Aasoeiated Preaa. ]

Ii (By Associated Press.l
Washington, May 3. Ma king
ghe argument in the supreme
Court today for the Associated Press
in its suit to enjoin The Interna.-
ttional News Service from pirating
dts news dispatches, Frederick w.
lehman. OF st. Louis, commended
flor the property right in news and
asked the court to make permanent
1.-THE injunctions granted by lower
federal courts to end the practice
(which he characterized as "piratical
band unlawful
News, as disseminated by the
lmany journals of the country" Mr..
lehman argued, 'is powerful to
Eshape public conduct. If its infiu-
fence is to be on the side Of good,
ETather than upon the side Of evil, the
SbusineSs must be in clean hands
land conducted by honest methods. IL
Eit comes to the public from tainted
Esources and by tainted means. the
news itself will not escape contain
Enation."
Mr.. Lehman presented arguments
bat length, and referred to decisions
Ito uphold the contention that publ
cation of news does not relinquish
1.-THE property right in it.
News Is unlike any material COM
Anodity," said he. I'm the field Of
general news. whether it is gathered
and dlssemtnated by g cooperative
association of newspapers or by an
agency conducted for pecuniary
profit, It is obvious that the paper
which is permitted simply to appro-
pirate me news without payment OF
any KIND would nave q great adVan-
tage over It's competltor VINO nao
PAID Tor 1t or nad SHARED IN the Ia
E0or ana pains OF gettinS It.
Hits Western Papers
ssTn +ha case of newsnaners nlfI,-
kqished in the west. the conditions
EwoI1id l1a worse Because electricity
nntr1sns he e. a ~, rent naovement Of
The sun. we an clip The news APP
pearing in the New York morning
paper and send It to any paper IN
ane Masslsslpp1 vealey' OF 70 Lns Wssl
OF that, In ample time Tor puplicaI1on
an the regular ana even IN Inc Ilrst
hedltions.
Any person Eoing THIS 5would nave
q great aoVantage over the ASSOC
Ated Press what the Associated
ress got through rne dnigence ana
uar4as OF It's corresponding az more
IMAM one Datrle Ironc and at the al
dttional cost or transmission by
cable across the Atlantic this man
would get sitting securely at a sare
desk IN New YORK py the mere use
OF par OF SCISSORS.
May the product or the news
gatherang actiV1ties OF the Associated
Press, intended SO far as concerns
current publication IN the daily
papers exclusively Tor 1rs own mem
pers' De appropriated In the manner
sugsesteos py the 1nternatlonai NEWS
service ana SOLO py lt IN the course
ana conouct OF It's business as a news
agency In competition with the AS
soclated PressF
haC is the question presented py
Gn1s case ana II is answered py
Sounsel Tor the international NeWs'
service boldly In the Affirmative.
What ls NeWs2
ssNewa thew saw In an account rf
facts and events and in faota and
events NO one can have anv eysci,1sive.
right osiris ii comedies - 5slIt the.
macta ana eve1Ss tFen1ssalvee. avs nat
news. The report of them is news.
Before the feet can ba renorfad #
must be ascertained somehodv r1,Isf
The where he can pet knovIedpa If 1T
and he must he q person IF infeIli.
lgence and experiences. comnafent 10
determine whether what has hap
tDHnH6 ia of jT1feraqf and frnFAoYfanan
Ienouqh To consfit1,fa news and he
must provide for. nTonnnt +ransn,is-
ision or conveyance of the inforrna-
lion he has gotten
s'The Associated Press does ,,ot
create the facts ~, nroSI,ca Are
events Of which n endeayo,.s r., Give
tSirst Information TO IFS ynen1hers h,,t
lit does create. il does produce tbe
news budget which gives such infor-
Eanation. And TO create. to prodIce.
this news budget reouires human az.
l9ort OF every hind from +l,a hardest
toll to the highest inteeritv atterd-
ed sometimes NV the Scnavest na,.iis
Int requires also the exnenditnra oq
money to second and sustain the
human effort The elements ~ IaboTs
lekill and capitaI fhus essentiai to
themselves elements of value and are
tsuch. Why is not that true OF the
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