Legal Opinion
Donna R. Hotaling William W. Hotaling, Jr. James P. Maher Dorothy C. Sherwood v. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 30, 1997No. 96-1399PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Senior Judge BUTZNER wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge LUTTIG joined. Judge HALL wrote a dissenting opinion.
OPINION
BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge:
In this appeal we hold that a library distributes a published work, within the meaning of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq., when it places an unauthorized copy of the work in its collection, includes the copy in its catalog or index system, and makes the copy available to the public. Because the district court ruled that these actions, by themselves, were insufficient to constitute…
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- National Car Rental System, Inc. v. Computer Associates International, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
- John R. Yarnevic v. Brink's, Incorporated, a Delaware Corporation Thomas R. FussnerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1996
- Stone v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
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3Cited by58 opinions
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- Lyons Partnership, L.P., a Texas Limited Partnership v. Morris Costumes, Incorporated Philip Morris Amy Morris SmithCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2001
- Diversey v. SchmidlyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2013
- London-Sire Records, Inc. v. Doe 1District Court, D. Massachusetts · 2008
- Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. Rhyme Syndicate MusicCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2004
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