Marcelo Ramos Motta, Etc. v. Samuel Weiser, Inc., Etc.

DAVIS, Circuit Judge.

In this case of copyright and trademark infringement, 1 Marcelos Ramos Motta and the Society Ordo Templi Orientis, plaintiffs below, appeal from an adverse decision by the United States District Court for the District of Maine, following a five-day bench trial. At issue is the copyright ownership of the works of Aleister Crowley, an English mystic, author and one time leader of the cult known as Ordo Templi Orientis. The district court held that appellants failed to establish that they own the Aleister Crowley copyrights either in their individual capacities or as members…