United Artists Television, Inc. v. Fortnightly Corporation

Opinion

HERLANDS, District Judge:

This action for infringement of plaintiff’s copyrights in moving pictures by defendant’s community antenna television (CATV) systems in Clarksburg and Fairmont, West Virginia poses novel questions involving interpretation of Gertain provisions of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. 1

In a general sense, this litigation is a commentary on the current scientific and technological revolution whose manifestations in the field of electronics in- elude such forms of mass communication as television over the air — commonly known as TV — and wire television or…