Legal Opinion
Fred Ahlert Music Corp. v. Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 14, 1998No. Docket No. 97-7705PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN M. WALKER, Jr., Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires us to consider the scope of the “Derivative Works Exception” of the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. § 304(c)(6)(A). The Copyright Act of 1976 (“the 1976 Act”) expanded the rights of authors and their heirs by automatically extending the life of their copyrights by 19 years, for a total of 75 years, see 17 U.S.C. §§ 304(a)-(b), and by allowing authors (or, if the authors are deceased, their statutory heirs) to terminate, for the period of the extended copyrights, any domestic copyright interests in their work that they may have granted…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Jessica Ryan v. Grae & Rybicki, P.C.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
- Mills Music, Inc. v. SnyderSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Beacon Construction Company, Inc. v. Matco Electric Company, Inc., D/B/A Dwyer Electric Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Edward B. Marks Music Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant-Appellee v. Charles K. Harris Music Publishing Co., Inc., Defendant-Appellee-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
- Horn & Hardart Company v. National Rail Passenger CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by6 opinions
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