Tele-Pac, Inc. v. Grainger
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Sullivan, J. P.
The question presented by this appeal is whether an agreement which grants the right to distribute certain motion pictures "for broadcasting by television or any other similar device now known or hereafter to be made known” encompasses the videocassette and videodisc rights to the subject motion pictures. We hold that it does not.
On November 18, 1964, Tele-Pac, Inc., entered into an agreement with Video-Cinema Films, Inc. (Video Cinema) with respect to a package of 26 black and white motion pictures released between 1943 and 1953. Pursuant to paragraph 1 of…
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