Legal Opinion
Jerome H. Remick & Co. v. General Electric Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 7, 1926PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THACHER, District Judge.
The question for decision, is whether one who by means of the microphone “picks up” another’s unauthorized performance of a copyrighted musical composition and transmits it by radio from a broadcasting station maintained and operated to stimulate the sale of radio products is liable for infringement of copyright. In Remick v. American Automobile Accessories Co., 5 F.(2d) 411, 40 A. L. R. 1511, the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that broadcasting a copyrighted musical composition rendered by an artist employed by the broadcaster was an infringement…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Jerome H. Remick & Co. v. American Automobile Accessories Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1925
3Cited by11 opinions
- TWENTIETH CENTURY MUSIC CORP. Et Al. v. AIKENSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Fortnightly Corp. v. United Artists Television, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- M. Witmark & Sons v. CallowayDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1927
- United Artists Television, Inc. v. Fortnightly CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. v. Bijou Theatre Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1932
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