Mifflin v. Dutton

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Mifflin v. Dutton
L. Ed.
1043
Holding
The authorized appearance of a work in a magazine without a copyright notice specifically dedicated to that work transfers that work into the public domain.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Melville Fuller
Associate Justices
Case opinion
MajorityBrown, joined by unanimous

Mifflin v. Dutton, 190 U.S. 265 (1903), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the authorized appearance of a work in a magazine without a copyright notice specifically dedicated to that work transfers that work into the public domain.[1]

Background

The case concerned the publication of

Houghton, Mifflin & Co. published a single volume with proper copyright on behalf of Stowe and, later her estate. E. P. Dutton
published the same book claiming it was in the public domain and the court agreed.

This case shared its reasoning with the previous case Mifflin v. R. H. White Company.[2]

References

  1. ^ Mifflin v. Dutton, 190 U.S. 265 (1903).
  2. ^ Mifflin v. R. H. White Company, 190 U.S. 260 (1903).

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