Legal Opinion
Bell v. Combined Registry Company
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided July 14, 1975No. 72 C 1819PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
FLAUM, District Judge.
This is an action for copyright infringement arising out of the publication of a poem 1 (herein referred to as “Desiderata”) by defendant in the August, 1971, issue of Success Unlimited Magazine. The ease has been submitted to the Court for decision on affidavits, depositions, exhibits, and memoranda. The following shall constitute the findings of fact and conclusions of law.
THE ISSUES
Plaintiff alleges that the poem (originally untitled) was written by Max Ehrman in Terre Haute, Indiana, in the early 1920s; Mr. Ehrman obtained a federal copyright (No.…
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