Legal Opinion
In Re Patient Education Media, Inc.
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 30, 1997No. 18-23881PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION REGARDING SALE OF ASSETS
STUART M. BERNSTEIN, Bankruptcy Judge.
Section 106 of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 106, 1 grants the owner of a copyright, with certain exceptions not material to the current dispute, the exclusive right to exploit the copyrighted work. The issue presented is whether the debtor, Patient Education Media, Inc. (“PEMI” or the “debtor”), can transfer its nonexclusive license to use the copyrighted work over the copyright owner’s objections. For the reasons that follow, the Court concludes that it cannot.
BACKGROUND
For the most part, the relevant facts…
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