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Argued April 25-26, 1956.
Decided June 11, 1956.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Theodore Kiendl argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Pat A. McCormick and John H. Cleary, Jr.
Max Fink argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Milton A. Rudin.
Solicitor General Sobeloff, Acting Assistant Attorney General Leonard, Paul A. Sweeney, Herman Marcuse and Abraham L. Kaminstein filed a brief for the Register of Copyrights, as amicus curiae.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed by Sidney Wm. Wattenberg for the Music Publishers' Protective Association, Inc., Herman Finkelstein for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, and Morris Ebenstein, with whom Sidney A. Schreiber was on the motion for leave to file the brief, for the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc.
John Schulman filed a brief for the Songwriters' Protective Association, as amicus curiae, and Solomon A. Klein was with him on the motion for leave to filed this brief.
Supreme Court of United States.
Opinion of the Court by MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, announced by MR. JUSTICE BURTON.
The present Copyright Act1 provides for a second 28-year copyright after the expiration of the original 28-year term, if application for renewal is made within one year before the expiration of the original term. This right to renew the copyright appears in § 24 of the Act:
"And provided further, That in the case of any other copyrighted work...
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