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COMMUNITY FOR CREATIVE NON-VIOLENCE v. REID

No. 87-7051.

846 F.2d 1485 (1988)

COMMUNITY FOR CREATIVE NON-VIOLENCE, et al. v. James Earl REID, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 20, 1988.

As Amended May 20 and May 31, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Schlossberg, with whom William L. Gardner and Grace E. Speights, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Terri A. Southwick, of the bar of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, with whom Timothy D. Junkin and L. Barrett Boss, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Charles D. Ossola, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae, The Copyright Justice Coalition.

Before MIKVA, RUTH BADER GINSBURG, and SILBERMAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RUTH BADER GINSBURG.

RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

This case calls for interpretation of the "work made for hire" prescriptions of the Copyright Act of 1976 (1976 Act), 17 U.S.C. §§ 101, 201 (1982).1 The issue is novel in this circuit and has divided sister courts. Compare Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults...

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