Legal Opinion
Stuart Y. Silverstein v. Penguin Putnam, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 7, 2004No. 03-7363PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACOBS, Circuit Judge.
In 1996, Stuart Y. Silverstein published a book of Dorothy Parker poems that had not been collected in the three volumes of poetry she published in her lifetime, and that Silverstein had mined chiefly from old magazines and newspapers. Silverstein claims copyright in the selection and arrangement of those poems. (The owner of Mrs. Parker’s copyright is not involved in this litigation.) Penguin Putnam, Inc. (“Penguin”) was offered the opportunity to publish Silverstein’s volume in 1994, but declined. In 1999, Penguin issued Dorothy Parker: Complete Poems (“Complete Poems…
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