PRIMARY SOURCES

ON COPYRIGHT

(1450-1900)

Falk v. Donaldson, New York (1893)

Source: The University of Texas Tarlton Law Library Stack 216-217: Falk v. Donaldson, 57 F. 32 (S.D.N.Y. 1893).

Citation:
Falk v. Donaldson, New York (1893), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Full title:
Falk v. Donaldson, 57 F. 32 (S.D.N.Y. 1893)

Full title original language:
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Abstract:
An early case involving copyright in a photograph. The court upheld the copyrightability of the photograph at issue against an originality challenge. It reached this conclusion by applying the Supreme Court's test from Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony that required the demonstration of original artistic contribution by the photographer.

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).


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Year: 1893

Location: New York

Language: English

Source: The University of Texas Tarlton Law Library Stack 216-217: Falk v. Donaldson, 57 F. 32 (S.D.N.Y. 1893).

Persons referred to:
Bowen, Charles Synge Christopher
Chatterton, Thomas
Cotton, Sir Henry
Coxe, Alfred Conkling, Sr.
Donaldson, George W.
Donaldson, Robert M.
Drone, Eaton Sylvester
Falk, Benjamin J.
Falk, Isaac N.
Gilbert, Sir William Schwenck
Jenner, William A.
Marlowe, Julia
Mills, Charles K.
Sarony, Napoleon
Sullivan, Sir Arthur Seymour
Townsend, William Kneeland
Wetmore, Edmund
Wilde, Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills

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)
Falk v. Donaldson, 57 F. 32 (S.D.N.Y. 1893)
Folsom v. Marsh (1841), Cir. Ct. Mass.
Gray v. Russell, 10 F.Cas. 1035 (C.C.D. Mass. 1839)
Nottage v. Jackson, 11 Q.B.D. 627 (1883)
Turner v Robinson (1833) 5 B & Ad 789
Untermeyer v. Freund, 37 Fed. 342, 343 (C.C.S.D.N.Y. 1889)

Institutions referred to:
Bijou Theatre, New York
Library of Congress
New York District Court

Legislation:
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Keywords:
authorship, theory of
copying, concept of
creativity
formalities
imitation
originality
photography, protected subject matter

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