ECHEVARRIA v. WARNER BROS. PICTURES


12 F.Supp. 632 (1935)

ECHEVARRIA v. WARNER BROS. PICTURES, Inc., et al.

District Court, S. D. California, Central Division.

October 30, 1935.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Barnett Spivak, of Los Angeles, Cal., for complainant.

Freston & Files and Clarence M. Hanson, all of Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants.


YANKWICH, District Judge (after stating the facts as above).

The right of a person in literary work exists at common law, and may be protected irrespective of copyright. The law of copyright has merely provided an additional method whereby an author by registering his work establishes his right as of the date of registration with the Register of Copyrights, so that he may be in a position to show by the official registration...

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