Legal Opinion
Ferdinand Pickett, Cross-Appellee v. Prince
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 14, 2000No. 99-2770, 99-2843PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The appeal by Ferdinand Pickett, plaintiff in the district court, presents us with an issue concerning copyright in derivative works, while the cross-appeal, by the defendant, presents a procedural issue. The defendant, identified only as “Prince” in the caption of the various pleadings, is a well-known popular singer whose name at birth was Prince Rogers Nelson, but who for many years performed under the name Prince (which is what we’ll call him) and since 1992 has referred to himself by an unpronounceable symbol reproduced as Figure 1 at the end of this opinion. (See…
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