· 10/19/2004
Rita Mulcahy v. Cheetah Learning LLC Jeff Schurrer
Citations
- 386 F.3d 849
- 72 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1814
- 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 21639
- 2004 WL 2339486
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating the elements are first, “ownership of a valid copyright,” and second, “copying of original elements of the work.”
- noting that “blanket injunctions to obey the law are disfavored”
- “One who violates the copyright owners’ right to create derivative works is an infringer.”
- “One who violates the copyright owner's right to create derivative works is an infringer.”
- “because the owner of the original copyright has the exclusive right to prepare derivative works, the creator of an original derivative work is only entitled to a copyright if [he] had permission to use the underlying copyrighted work.”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Loken, Bright, Smith
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