Legal Opinion
Goldstein v. California
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 18, 1973No. 71-1192PublishedCited by 299 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
We granted certiorari to review petitioners’ conviction under a California statute making it a criminal offense to “pirate” recordings produced by others.
In 1971, an information was filed by the State of California, charging petitioners in 140 counts with violating § 653h of the California Penal Code. The information charged that, between April 1970 and March 1971, petitioners had copied several musical performances from commercially sold recordings without the permission of the owner of the master record or tape.1 Petitioners moved to dismiss the complaint on the grounds that § 653h was in…
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