See v. Durang
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See v. Durang (1983) was a case where the author of a play claimed that another playwright had based a second play on a draft script that the plaintiff had written, infringing on its copyright. The court refused to consider the process by which the second play had been created, but chose to simply compare the end results. The court found no infringement, coining the axiom, "Copying deleted or so disguised as to be unrecognizable is not copying."[1]
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See v. Durang | |
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Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
Full case name | John William SEE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Christopher DURANG and L.A. Stage Company, Defendants-Appellees |
Argued | 7 June 1983 |
Decided | 22 July 1983 |
Citation(s) | 711 F.2d 141 |
Court membership | |
Judge(s) sitting | BROWNING, CHOY and FERGUSON |
Case opinions | |
Copying deleted or so disguised as to be unrecognizable is not copying. | |
Keywords | |
copyright infringement |
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