UNITED STATES v. HAMILTON

No. 77-1230.

583 F.2d 448 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edward Sylvester HAMILTON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

October 5, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Don Copple, Boise, Idaho, on brief, for defendant-appellant.

Dan E. Dennis, Asst. U. S. Atty., Boise, Idaho, on brief, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before KILKENNY, SNEED, and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges.


KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:

The defendant in this criminal case admitted making and selling precise reproductions of a map bearing a copyright. The sole issue on appeal is whether the map that the defendant copied was of such originality that its copyright was valid. That inquiry requires us to decide a question of copyright law not addressed by previous decisions in this circuit.

The defendant, Edward S. Hamilton, was charged with two counts of knowing and willful...

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