UNITED ARTISTS TELEVISION, INC., Plaintiff,
v.
FORTNIGHTLY CORPORATION, Defendant.
United States District Court S. D. New York.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
May 23, 1966.
May 23, 1966.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon, New York City, for plaintiff; Louis Nizer, Gerald Meyer, Gerald Phillips, Herbert N. Bobrow, Donald J. Wollins, John Daly, New York City, of counsel.
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York City, Smith & Pepper, Washington, D. C., for defendant; Robert C. Barnard, R. Michael Duncan, E. Stratford Smith, Washington, D. C., of counsel.
Rosenman, Colin, Kaye, Petschek & Freund, New York City, for amicus curiae Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.; Samuel I. Rosenman, Sydney M. Kaye, Asa D. Sokolow, Joseph W. Gelb, New York City, Leon R. Brooks, Washington, D. C., and Philip E. Silberberg, New York City, of counsel.
Marshall, Bratter, Greene, Allison & Tucker, New York City, for amicus curiae Calvada Productions; Royal E. Blakeman and Charles H. Miller, New York City, of counsel.
Alexander & Green, New York City, for amicus curiae Jack Chertok Television, Inc.; Eugene Z. Du Bose, New York City, of counsel.
Graubard & Moskovitz, New York City, for amicus curiae Dena Pictures, Inc.; Seymour Graubard, New York City, of counsel.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, for amicus curiae American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers; Herman Finkelstein, Simon H. Rifkind and Jay H. Topkis, New York City, of counsel.
William B. Haughton, Los Angeles, Cal., Gen. Counsel, Directors Guild of America, Inc., amicus curiae.
William Berger, San Francisco, Cal., Gen. Counsel, Screen Actors Guild, Inc., amicus curiae.
United States District Court S. D. New York.
Opinion
HERLANDS, District Judge:
This action for infringement of plaintiff's copyrights in moving pictures by defendant's community antenna television (CATV) systems in Clarksburg and Fairmont, West Virginia poses novel questions involving interpretation of certain provisions of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.1
In a general sense, this litigation is a commentary on the current scientific and technological...
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