PRIMARY SOURCES

ON COPYRIGHT

(1450-1900)

Falk v. Brett Lithographing Co., New York (1891)

Source: The University of Texas Tarlton Law Library Stack 216-217: Falk v. Brett Lithographing Co., 48 F. 678 (S.D.N.Y. 1891).

Citation:
Falk v. Brett Lithographing Co., New York (1891), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Full title:
Falk v. Brett Lithographing Co., 48 F. 678 (S.D.N.Y. 1891)

Full title original language:
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Abstract:
An early copyright in photographs case. The case upheld the copyrightability of a photograph, applying a somewhat diluted version of the Supreme Court's originality requirement for photographs announced in Lithographic Co. v. Sarony.

Commentary: No commentaries for this record.

Bibliography:
  • Panzer, Mary. Mathew Brady and the image of history. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press for the National Portrait Gallery, 1997.

  • Farley, Christine Haight. 'Copyright Law's Response to the Invention of Photography.' 65 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 385 (2004).


Related documents in this database:
1883: Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony

Author: N/A

Publisher: N/A

Year: 1891

Location: New York

Language: English

Source: The University of Texas Tarlton Law Library Stack 216-217: Falk v. Brett Lithographing Co., 48 F. 678 (S.D.N.Y. 1891).

Persons referred to:
Brown, Davis S.
Brown, Delaplaine
Falk, Benjamin J.
Falk, Isaac N.
Sadler, Josie

Places referred to:
New York

Cases referred to:
Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony, 111 U.S. 53 (1883)
Falk v. Brett Lithographing Co., 48 F. 678 (C.C.S.D.N.Y. 1891)

Institutions referred to:
Brett Lithographing Co., New York
New York District Court

Legislation:
N/A

Keywords:
advertising
authorship, theory of
photography, protected subject matter

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