Æolian Co. v. Royal Music Roll Co.
District Court, W.D. New York
In Equity. Suit by the iEolian Company against the Royal Music Roll Company. On motion for preliminary injunction.
1Opinion of the Court
HAZED, District Judge.
The question raised in this case involves the right of the complainant, the TColian. Company, under the copyright act of March 4, 1909, to restrain the defendant, the Royal Music Roll Company, from copying and duplicating perforated music rolls or records manufactured by the former. While, under the provisions of the copyright law, such music rolls or records are not strictly matters of copyright, Congress in passing the enactment evidently intended to protect copyright proprietors in their right to their productions, and to give them an exclusive right to print,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. StrausSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
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- Duchess Music Corporation v. Martin SternCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- Gai Audio of New York, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.Court of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1975
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