Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. v. Bryan

L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The defendants, Bryan and Fisher, appeal from a judgment which declared void their renewal under § 23 of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C.A. § 23, of the copyright in a song, written and composed by them; which enjoined them from infringing the renewed copyright of the plaintiff in the same song; and which dismissed their counterclaim. (Fisher’s company is-also an appellant, but its interest may be ignored.) The dispute centers upon who had the right to renew the copyright of the-song whose words Bryan wrote, and whose-music Fisher composed, and which one,. Maurice Shapiro,…