Legal Opinion
Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp. v. Crooks
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided February 27, 1978No. Civ-77-560PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CURTIN, Chief Judge.
The plaintiffs are three corporations engaged in the business of producing, acquiring, and licensing educational motion picture films. On October 19, 1977, the plaintiffs filed this copyright infringement suit against the Board of Cooperative Educational Services of Erie County [BOCES], a nonprofit corporation organized under the Education Law to provide educational services to the public schools in Erie County. The complaint alleges that BOCES has videotaped a number of their copyrighted films without their permission and distributed the copies to the school districts for…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,041 Sonesta International Hotels Corporation v. Wellington AssociatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- Rosemont Enterprises, Inc. v. Random House, Inc. And John KeatsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Michael Meeropol and Robert Meeropol v. Louis Nizer, Doubleday & Co., Inc. And Fawcett Publications, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Williams & Wilkins Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1973
- Dellar v. Samuel Goldwyn, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Eloise Toby Marcus v. Shirley Rowley and San Diego Unified School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Sony Corp. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Association of American Medical Colleges v. MikaelianDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1983
- Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Sony Corp. of AmericaDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1979
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp. v. CrooksDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1982
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