Legal Opinion
MacLoon v. Vitagraph, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 4, 1929No. 217PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
This suit seeks to restrain the public exhibition of the motion picture version of the Desert Song, with words and music mechanically reproduced in synchronism thereof. On August 26, 1927, the appellant contracted with the Malem Corporation, which had obtained all the rights of the authors to the Desert Song, and who took a copyright thereof, for the “sole and exclusive” right to reproduce the play on the living stage in the United States west of and including Denver, and in Canada west of and including Winnipeg. It was agreed to reproduce the play exactly as it had been…
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