Legal Opinion
Independent Tape Merchant's Association v. Creamer
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 24, 1972No. Civ. 72-73PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHERIDAN, Chief Judge.
In this action plaintiff, Independent Tape Merchant’s Association, contends that a statute of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 18 P.S. § 4878.1 (Supp., 1972), is unconstitutional because it attempts to grant an unlimited copyright to producers of sound recordings and is therefore in direct conflict with 17 U. S.C.A. §§ 1(f), 1 nt., 5(n), 19, 20, 26, 101(e) (Supp., 1972) (originally enacted as the Act of October 15, 1971, Pub. L. No.92-140, §§ 1-3, 85 Stat. 391). Originally, plaintiff filed a motion for a temporary restraining order; the motion was denied on March 10,…
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