Koppel v. Downing
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment on a verdict directed by the court in an action to recover penalties for the alleged infringement of a copyright. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Alvey
The plaintiff, Charles D. Koppel, the present appellant, brought this action against the defendant, Robert Downing, to recover the penalties prescribed for the alleged infringement of a copyright, the copyright being alleged in the declaration to belong to the plaintiff as proprietor. The subject of the alleged copyright is the translation of a certain dramatic composition known as “Samson,” the original of *97which, in Italian was the work of Ippolito D’Aste, and which has been translated into English by W. D. Howells. It is alleged that the defendant, without license, publicly performed the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Boucicault v. HartU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1875
3Cited by1 opinion
- Washingtonian Publishing Co. v. PearsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1939