Legal Opinion
Alexander v. Chesapeake, Potomac, and Tidewater Books, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided August 26, 1999No. Civ. A. 98-1595-APublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLIS, District Judge.
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John Alexander is the author of Ghosts: Washington’s Most Famous Ghost Stones (“Ghosts”) and of Ghosts: Washington Revisited (“Ghosts Revisited ”). On April 19, 1975, Alexander entered into an agreement with Washingtonian Books to publish Ghosts. This agreement called for the publisher to pay royalties to Alexander every six months — specifically, in April and October of each year. Alexander copyrighted Ghosts on December 23, 1975, and it was published soon after. In 1979, Paul Modrak, individually and doing business as Washington Book Trading…
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