G. Ricordi & Co. v. Columbia Graphophone Co.

MAYER, District Judge.

The suit is brought under subdivision “e” of section 25 of the Copyright-Act (Act March 4, 1909, c. 320, 35 Stat. 1081 [Comp. St. § 9546]), which provides:

“■Whenever the owner of a musical copyright has used or permitted the use of the copyrighted work upon the parts of musical instruments serving to reproduce mechanically the musical work, then in case of infringement of such copyright by the unauthorized manufacture, use, or sale of interchangeable parts, such as discs, * * * for use in mechanical music-producing machines adapted to reproduce the copyrighted music, * *…