Legal Opinion
Houghton Mifflin Co. v. Stackpole Sons, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 9, 1939No. 358PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the order of the District Court denying a preliminary injunction in an action to restrain infringement of the copyrights claimed by the plaintiff in Adolf Hitler’s famous autobiographical and political treatise, “Mein Kampf.” Two rival American editions of this work, in translation, are now being actively sold and distributed in this country. The one published by the defendants appears without claim of copyright authority, on the theory that the work is in the public domain and not protected by copyright. The one authorized by the plaintiff, and…
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