Legal Opinion
Russell v. Price
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 18, 1979No. Nos. 77-3466, 78-2703 and 78-2763PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:
Defendants distributed copies of the film “Pygmalion”, the copyright for which had expired. They were sued by the owners of the renewal copyright in the George Bernard Shaw play upon which the film was based. Defendants appeal the resulting judgment for damages and attorney fees.
Plaintiffs cross appeal, claiming that the court erred in not awarding them statutory “in lieu” damages.1 We affirm.
In 1913 Shaw registered a copyright on his stage play “Pygmalion”. The renewal copyright on the play, obtained in 1941 and originally scheduled to expire in 1969, was extended by…
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