Legal Opinion
Stephanie Hays and Gail MacDonald v. Sony Corporation of America
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 22, 1988No. 87-2663PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The appeal in this copyright suit brings before us a medley of questions involving jurisdiction, copyright, and sanctions. The plaintiffs, Stephanie Hays and Gail MacDonald, teach business courses at a public high school in Des Plaines, Illinois. In 1982 or 1983 they prepared a manual for their students on how to operate the school’s DEC word processors, and distributed copies to students and to other faculty members. In 1984 the school district, having bought word processors from Sony Corporation of America (the defendant in this suit), gave Sony the plaintiffs’ manual…
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