Skinner v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.

Lehman, Ch. J.

The plaintiffs are the authors of a story entitled “ Our Hearts Were Young and Gay.” After the story had been copyrighted and published in book form they entered into a contract with the defendant whereby they s®ld and assigned to the defendant “ the sole and exclusive motion picture rights, throughout the world, in and to and in connection with said story; together with the sole and exclusive rights: to use, adapt, translate, subtract from, add to and/or change said story and/or the title thereof and/or any similar title in the making of motion pictures, which expression as…