Ferris v. Frohman

Ferris v. Frohman
Supreme Court of the United States
Submitted November 7, 1911 Decided February 19, 1912
Full case name	Ferris v. Frohman
Citations	223 U.S. 424 (more) 32 S. Ct. 263; 56 L. Ed. 492
Holding
An unauthorized public production of an unpublished play does not invalidate the play owner's common law copyright.
Court membership
Chief Justice Edward D. White Associate Justices Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes Jr. William R. Day · Horace H. Lurton Charles E. Hughes · Willis Van Devanter Joseph R. Lamar
Case opinion
Majority	Hughes, joined by unanimous

Ferris v. Frohman, 223 U.S. 424 (1912), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held an unauthorized public production of an unpublished play does not invalidate the play owner's common law copyright.^[1]

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