American Press Ass'n v. Dairy Story Pub. Co.

Citations

• 120 F. 766
• 66 L.R.A. 444
• 1902 U.S. App. LEXIS 4688

Syllabus

<p>1. Copyright — Loss of Right to Protection — Inadvertent Omission of Notice by Licensee.</p> <p>The owner of a copyrighted literary production does not lose the exclusive property therein given by the copyright because a licensee authorized to publish the article on the express condition that he print therewith the usual copyright notice inadvertently omits to do so, and. any one who copies and republishes the article so published, though without actual knowledge of the copyright, does so at his peril.</p>