Photo-Drama Motion Picture Co. v. Social Uplift Film Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here upon appeal from an interlocutory order granting a preliminary injunction restraining defendant from making, selling, etc., motion pictures based upon the book or novel entitled “The House of Bondage.” The opinion of the District Court will be found in 213 Fed. 374.
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
[1-3] The suit is brought to enforce complainant’s rights to exclusive production of certain motion pictures, under the provisions of the United States copyright statutes. Of such an action, irrespective of citizenship, the federal courts have jurisdiction. The facts shown are as follows:
One Kauffman wrote a novel, entitled “The House of Bondage.” He assigned his right to copyright the same to Moffatt Yard & Co. Moffatt Yard & Co. duly secured copyright. That gave them exclusive rights to publish and sell the novel; also to make dramatizations of it, whether in the…
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