Legal Opinion
Fred Fisher Music Co. v. M. Witmark & Sons
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 5, 1943No. 327PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Frankfurter
This case presents a question never settled before, even though it concerns legislation having a history of more than two hundred years. The question itself can be stated very simply. Under § 23 of the Copyright Act of 1909, 35 Stat. 1075, as amended, 1 a copyright in a musical composition lasts for twenty-eight years from the date of its first publication, and the author can renew the copyright, if he is still living, for a further term of twenty-eight years'by filing an application for renewal within a year before the expiration of the first twenty-eight year period. Section 42 of the Act…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Union Pacific Railroad v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Post v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1857
- Lonergan v. BufordSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- White-Smith Music Pub. Co. v. GoffCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1911
- Paige v. BanksSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
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