Boucicault v. Wood
U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois
At law. Action [by Dion Boucicault against Joseph H. Wood] for infringement of copyright in three plays composed by plaintiff, “Pauvrette,” “The Octoroon” and “Colleen Bawn.” The plaintiff was a native of England, and was never naturalized. He resided in New York city for several years, and there composed the plays in question, the titles of which he duly filed. He. afterwards published “Pauvrette.”
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At law. Action [by Dion Boucicault against Joseph H. Wood] for infringement of copyright in three plays composed by plaintiff, “Pauvrette,” “The Octoroon” and “Colleen Bawn.” The plaintiff was a native of England, and was never naturalized. He resided in New York city for several years, and there composed the plays in question, the titles of which he duly filed. He. afterwards published “Pauvrette.” The “Octoroon” and “Colleen Bawn” were never published in print by or with the consent of the author. The alleged infringement consisted in the representation of these plays at a museum, under the…
1Opinion of the Court
DRUMMOND, District Judge,
charged the jury as follows: The act of Feb. 3d, 1831 (4 Stat. 438), protected the author of any book in the right to print and publish such book, provided he was a citizen of the United States, or a resident therein. The fourth section of that act. declared how such author should proceed in order to make that protection available to him. It declared that he should not be entitled to the benefit of the act unless, before publication, he deposited a printed copy of the title of the book in the clerk’s office of the district court of the district wherein he resided.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Palmer v. . De WittNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
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- Petition of OganesoffDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1927
- Daly v. WalrathAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
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