Legal Opinion
Harry Fox Agency, Inc. v. Mills Music, Inc., and Marie Snyder and Ted Snyder, Jr. D/B/A Ted Snyder Music Publishing Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 18, 1983No. 1105, Docket 83-7009PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents a novel question of considerable importance concerning the meaning and application of the “derivative works exception” to the termination-of-transfers provision of the Copyright Act of 1976,17 U.S.C. § 304(c)(6) (1977). At stake is whether the heirs of the composer of a song, or instead a music publishing company, are entitled to mechanical royalties from certain derivative works, in this case phonograph records. The heirs, exercising their rights under the Act, had terminated a grant to a music publishing company of all rights in the extended renewal…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Rosemont Enterprises, Inc. v. Random House, Inc. And John KeatsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Mills Music, Inc. v. SnyderSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Litchfield v. SpielbergCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Litchfield v. SpielbergCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- In Re JonesUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan · 1993
- Woods v. Bourne Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
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