Bevan v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.

MANSFIELD, District Judge.

In this suit for infringement of plaintiffs’ copyright in the play “Stalag 17” plaintiffs move pursuant to Rules 15(a), 19(a) and 21, F.R.Civ.P., for an order directing that Paramount Pictures Corporation (“Paramount”) be joined as a defendant and for authority to serve an amended complaint. For the reasons stated below, the motion is denied.

The complaint alleges that plaintiffs, the authors of the play “Stalag 17,” are the sole proprietors of all right, title and interest in and to valid copyrights in the play, including the right to adapt the play into a television…