Legal Opinion
G. Ricordi & Co. v. Columbia Graphophone Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 29, 1919PublishedCited by 2 opinions
In Equity. Suit by G. Ricordi & Co., Incorporated, against the Columbia Graphophone Company. Decree for complainant.
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff seeks to succeed in this suit for infringement of copyright, claiming that it, as assignee of a musical composition, duly copyrighted, entitled “Dear Old Pal of Mine,” has obtained rights which have been violated by the defendant. The defendant manufactures sound records, and has manufactured and sold records of this musical composition.
Subdivision (e) of section 25 of the Copyright Act (Act March 4, 1909, c. 320, 35 Stat. 1081 [Comp. St. § 9546]) provides as follows:
“Whenever the owner of a musical copyright has used or permitted the use of the copyrighted…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Mitchell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Bentley v. TibbalsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1915
- Maurel v. SmithDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1915
- New Fiction Pub. Co. v. Star Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1915
- Mosle v. BidwellCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1904
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Leibowitz v. Columbia Graphophone Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1923
- Shilkret v. Musicraft Records, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1941