Ferris v. Frohman

Ferris v. Frohman
Decided February 19, 1912
Full case name Ferris v. Frohman
Citations 223 U.S. 424 (more)
Holding
An unauthorized public production of an unpublished play does not invalidate the play owner's common law copyright.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Edward D. White
Associate Justices
Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes Jr.
William R. Day · Horace H. Lurton
Charles E. Hughes · Willis Van Devanter
Joseph R. Lamar

Ferris v. Frohman, 223 U.S. 424 (1912), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held an unauthorized public production of an unpublished play does not invalidate the play owner's common law copyright.[1]

References

  1. Ferris v. Frohman, 223 U.S. 424 (1912)
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