Legal Opinion
Capitol Records, Inc. v. Naxos of America, Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 5, 2005PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Graffeo, J.
Sound recordings produced after February 15, 1972 can be protected from infringement under federal copyright law but Congress did not extend statutory protection to recordings created before that date. In a certified question, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit asks us whether there is common-law copyright protection in New York for sound recordings made prior to 1972.
This case involves a dispute between two music recording companies. Capitol Records, Inc. owns the rights to several classical recordings made in the 1930s. Naxos of America,…
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- White-Smith Music Publishing Co. v. Apollo Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
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