Legal Opinion
Foraste v. Brown University
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided October 30, 2003No. 01-434SPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
SMITH, District Judge.
This is the latest stage in an action concerning ownership rights to photographs taken by Plaintiff John Forasté (“Plaintiff’ or “Forasté”) while, in the employ of Defendant Brown University (“Brown”). Forasté has alleged that he owns the copyright to these photographs pursuant to a copyright policy instituted at Brown during his years of employment.
In his Amended Complaint, 1 Forasté alleges two different theories 'of copyright infringement under 'the Copyright Act of 1976 (“1976 Act”), the first based on the express agreement exception to the work…
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