Caliga v. Inter Ocean Newspaper Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT OP APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT. The facts are stated in the opinion. Copyright.exists at common law as ah incident to owner-’ ship. It may be lost by publication. The copyright statutes specify what steps must'.be taken to avoid such loss upon publication.' Myers v. Callaghan, 5'Fed. Rep. 726; Wheaton v. Peters, 8-Peters, 591; Board of Trade v. Commission Co., 103 Fed.
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ERROR TO THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT OP APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT. The facts are stated in the opinion. Copyright.exists at common law as ah incident to owner-’ ship. It may be lost by publication. The copyright statutes specify what steps must'.be taken to avoid such loss upon publication.' Myers v. Callaghan, 5'Fed. Rep. 726; Wheaton v. Peters, 8-Peters, 591; Board of Trade v. Commission Co., 103 Fed. Rep. 902; Millar v. Taylor, 4 Burr. 2303; Donaldson v.' Becket, 4 Burr. 2408. . Copyright law is to be construed liberally and beneficially. 'Nothing but a general publication or ,an…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
The plaintiff in error, also plaintiff below, brought an action in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois to recover damages under § 4965 of the^ Revised Statutes of the United States, because of the publication by the defendant of more than one thousand copies of a newspaper containing a picture of a painting, copyrighted by the plaintiff. The plaintiff alleged that he had in all respects complied with the Revised Statutes of the United States by causing to be deposited, on or about the fifth day of Noyember, 1901, a photograph and a description of the…
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