Legal Opinion
Hurn v. Oursler
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 17, 1933No. 565PublishedCited by 809 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sutherland
delivered the opinion ot the Court. •
Petitioners brought this suit to enjoin respondents from publicly producing, presenting or performing a play called “ The Spider,” on the ground that it infringed a copyrighted play of petitioners, called “The Evil Hour.” There was also a prayer for damages and an accounting. The bill, as amended, alleged that." The Evil Hour ” had been composed by petitioners and duly copyrighted under the laws of the United States; that the play thereafter was revised, but the revision was uncopyrighted; that the play, both in its copyrighted and its revised…
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