Swift v. Collegian Press, Inc.

CHASE, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, having taken and copyrighted pictures of students engaged in their activities at Wellesley College, sold to the de fendant the right, exclusive to August 1, 1939, to one publication of them. The defendant published seven of the pictures in the August 1937 issue of its magazine “College Humor” without what is called a “credit line” showing that they had been taken and copyrighted by the plaintiff. This suit for copyright infringement in the District Court for the Southern District of New York was the result. The complaint was dismissed on the merits after…