Legal Opinion
Gibran v. ALFRED A. KNOPF, INCORPORATED
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 29, 1957PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEINFELD, District Judge.
The basic issue to be decided in this ease is who is entitled to receive the royalties which have accrued, and which are to accrue, upon the renewal copyrights of “The Prophet” and four other books by Kahlil Gibran, the noted author. 1 The determination of this issue involves (1) the construction of the renewal section of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 24, and (2) the will of the author.
Gibran died in April, 1931. He left no widow or children surviving him. His sole surviving next of kin was his sister, the individual plaintiff in this action. Gibran drafted his own…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Church of the Holy Trinity v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Cabell v. MarkhamCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
- De Sylva v. BallentineSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- National Labor Relations Board v. Lion Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
- In re the Accounting of HubbellNew York Court of Appeals · 1951
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Capano Music v. Myers Music, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1985
- Nott v. FolsomDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1958
- Mary K. Gibran and William Saxe, Administrators C.T.A. Of the Estate of Kahlil Gibran v. National Committee of GibranCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
- Shiya v. National Committee of GibranCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Application of George G. Shiya v. The National Committee of Gibran, Also Known as the Comite National De Gibran, Representing the Town of Becharre, Lebanon, Mary K. Gibran and William Saxe, as Administrators C.T.A. Of the Estate of Kahlil Gibran, and Mary K. Gibran v. Alfred A. Knopf, Incorporated v. The National Committee of Gibran, Also Known as the Comite National De Gibran, Representing the Town of Becharre, Lebanon, InterpleadedCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
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