G. Ricordi & Co. v. Mason
| Decision Date | 09 December 1913 |
| Docket Number | 76. |
| Parties | G. RICORDI & CO. v. MASON. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Second Circuit |
Nathan Burkan, of New York City, for appellant.
G. F. Lewis, of New York City (Alex. P. Browne, of Boston, Mass., of counsel), for appellee.
Before LACOMBE, WARD, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.
It seems unnecessary to add anything to the two opinions referred to supra. We are clearly of the opinion that these extremely brief epitomes of the plots of the two operas, the librettos of which have been copyrighted and are the property of complainant, are neither of them in any true sense 'a version' of the copyrighted work, as that word is used in the statute.
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