Edison v. Lubin

DAEEAS, Circuit Judge.

This case, having been set down for final hearing upon an agreed statement of facts, was, when reached, submitted upon the briefs of counsel, and is now for adjudication.

The question which is presented at the outset is, as I view it, a decisive one, and therefore no other need be considered. That question is: Is a series of photographs, arranged for use in a machine for producing them in panoramic effect, entitled to registry and protection as a photograph, under section 4952 of the Revised Statutes [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3406] ? That section extended the copyright…