Legal Opinion
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. v. Redd Horne Inc.
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 28, 1983No. Civ. A. 83-0016 EriePublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MENCER, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
This is an action for copyright infringement brought under Title 17 of the United States Code, entitled “Copyrights”, 17 U.S.C. §§ 101-810 (1976). The plaintiffs, seven major motion picture producers and distributors, are either the owners or co-owners of copyrights in the motion pictures which are the subject matter of this lawsuit or are the exclusive licensees for distribution of these motion pictures or have by contract the right to enforce these copyrights. 1 The alleged infringement we are concerned with here results from the defendants’ use of…
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