Legal Opinion
Heilman v. Bell
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 6, 1978No. 77-1968PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents to this court for the first time an issue which has already been decided by four other circuits: whether the compulsory license provision of the Copyright Act of 1909 can be used to prevent tape duplication of musical recordings. The district court followed the result reached by all of the other circuit courts and by several federal district courts in holding that tape duplicators cannot avoid copyright infringement under the compulsory license provision of the 1909 Act. We affirm.
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The facts of this case are not in dispute. Plaintiff David L.…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- United States v. Southwestern Cable Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Goldstein v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Sherwin S. Stern v. United States Gypsum, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- Edward B. Marks Music Corporation v. Colorado Magnetics, Inc., D/B/A Sound Values, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
- Duchess Music Corporation v. Martin SternCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by3 opinions
- RSO Records, Inc. v. PeriDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1984
- United States v. David L. HeilmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
- Heilman v. BellCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978