G. Ricordi & Co. v. Columbia Graphophone Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
In Equity. Suit by G. Ricordi & Co., Incorporated, against tire Columbia Graphophone Company. On motion to confirm x'eport of special master.
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In Equity. Suit by G. Ricordi & Co., Incorporated, against tire Columbia Graphophone Company. On motion to confirm x'eport of special master. The following is the report of Thomas B. Felder, Special Master: On the-day of January, 1920, Hon. Martin T. Mantón, Circuit Juuge, at a term of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, entered an order from which I quote: “Further ordered, adjudged and decreed that the Columbia Graphophone Company account to the plaintiff for all disc records serving to mechanically reproduce the musical composition 'Dear Old Pal of Mine’…
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
The gist of this case is to determine what is meant by “manufacture.” The various steps taken to produce the product which was shipped to Canada, were all essential to the manufacture of the records, which were finally finished and sold in Canada. I think, within the intent and meaning of the copyright statute, the defendant manufactured the records, which are sold in Canada, in the United States. <• I agree with the result reached by the special'master and will confirm his findings.
Motion to confirm granted.
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