Legal Opinion
Terry Gilliam, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Appellees v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., Defendant-Appellee-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 30, 1976No. 913, 1058, Dockets 75-7693, 76-7023PublishedCited by 153 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*17LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs, a group of British writers and performers known as “Monty Python,”1 appeal from a denial by Judge Lasker in the Southern District of a preliminary injunction to restrain the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) from broadcasting edited versions of three separate programs originally written and performed by Monty Python for broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). We agree with Judge Lasker that the appellants have demonstrated that the excising done for ABC impairs the integrity of the original work. We further find that the countervailing…
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