Legal Opinion
A. A. Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc., and Michael MacDonald Mooney
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 25, 1980No. 692, Docket 79-7704PublishedCited by 208 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Chief Judge:
A grant of copyright in a published work secures for its author a limited monopoly over the expression it contains. The copyright provides a financial incentive to those who would add to the corpus of existing knowledge by creating original works. Nevertheless, the protection afforded the copyright holder has never extended to history, be it documented fact or explanatory hypothesis. The rationale for this doctrine is that the cause of knowledge is best served when history is the common property of all, and each generation remains free to draw upon the…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Annette Heyman v. Commerce and Industry Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Quinn v. Syracuse Model Neighborhood Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Arnstein v. PorterCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
- Compco Corp. v. Day-Brite Lighting, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by208 opinions
- Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation EnterprisesSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Computer Associates International, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Altai, Inc., Defendant-Appellee-Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
- Thomas Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., David Susskind, Gill Champion, Martin Richards and Heywood GouldCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
- Durham Industries, Inc. v. Tomy CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
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