Legal Opinion
De Sylva v. Ballentine
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 11, 1956No. 529PublishedCited by 386 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Mr. Justice Harlan,
announced by Mr. Justice Burton.
The present Copyright Act1 provides for a second 28-year copyright after the expiration of the original 28-year term, if application for renewal is made within one year before the expiration of the original term. This right to renew the copyright appears in § 24 of the Act:
“And provided further, That in the case of any other copyrighted work, . . . the author of such work, if still living, or the widow, widower, or children of the author, if the author be not living, or if such author, widow, widower, or children be not…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Mazer v. SteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Board of Comm'rs of Jackson Cty. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Reconstruction Finance Corporation v. Beaver CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Fred Fisher Music Co. v. M. Witmark & SonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- United States v. FiskSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
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3Cited by386 opinions
- Kamen v. Kemper Financial Services, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. HolyfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- United States v. Kimbell Foods, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
- International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America v. Hoosier Cardinal Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. WindsorSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
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