Legal Opinion
Duchess Music Corporation v. Martin Stern
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 26, 1972No. 71-1854PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHOY, Circuit Judge:
This interlocutory appeal requires construction of the remedial and compulsory license provisions of the Copyright Act of 1909, 17 U.S.C. §§ 1(e) and 101(c), (d) and (e). Appellants are a group of music companies which own the copyrights to musical compositions by such diverse and well-known musicians as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, *1307Burt Bacharach, Mick Jagger, Joni Mitchell, and Buck Owens. They allege that appellee Pearl Rosner and others are music pirates who make cassette tape recordings of phonograph records legitimately issued by appellants from copyrighted…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Compco Corp. v. Day-Brite Lighting, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- United States v. GillilandSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- White-Smith Music Publishing Co. v. Apollo Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
- United States v. AlpersSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by45 opinions
- First Technology Safety Systems, Inc., a Michigan Corporation v. Paul Depinet Steven Fuhr Barry Wade Vector Research, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
- Harris v. Emus Records Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Albert C. Drebin, Budget Films, Inc., Lawrence S. Fine and Bruce M. VeneziaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Edward B. Marks Music Corporation v. Colorado Magnetics, Inc., D/B/A Sound Values, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
- Lone Ranger Television, Inc. v. Program Radio Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
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