Legal Opinion
Valente-Kritzer Video v. Callan Pinckney Callan Productions Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 4, 1989No. 88-6247PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SNEED, Circuit Judge:
Valente-Kritzer Video (VKV) appeals from the grant of summary judgment in favor of Callan Pinckney and Callan Production Company (hereinafter collectively referred to as Pinckney) on the grounds that VKV’s causes of action were preempted by § 204 and § 301 of the Copyright Act of 1976. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
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FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW
VKV produces video programming for sale and distribution. Callan Pinckney is the author of a best-selling book entitled Callenetics. In 1985, VKV offered to produce a home video based on Pinckney’s book. VKV alleges that the…
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