Legal Opinion
Batjac Productions Inc., a California Corp. v. Goodtimes Home Video Corp., a Delaware Corp. Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 5, 1998No. 97-55947PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Batjae Productions Inc. (“Batjac”) appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to defendant GoodTimes Home Video Corp. (“GoodTimes”) and intervenor Mary-beth Peters, Register of Copyrights (“Regis ter”). The district court denied Batjac’s claim that GoodTimes violated its copyright in the screenplay “McLintock!” and that the Register had an obligation to register the copyright of the screenplay. The district court held that the publication of the motion picture, “McLintock!” effected the publication of the unpublished screenplay to the extent that the…
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