Class action copyright suit filed against Scribd; is filtering an act of infringement?

In what could be Viacom v. YouTube for print, a Houston financial writer has sued Scribd.com for copyright infringement, purporting to represent a class of authors who allege their works have been illegally copied, re-formatted, and displayed by the popular document-hosting service. As first reported by CNET's Greg Sandoval, the plaintiff, Elaine Scott, is represented by Kiwi Camara, famous in...