Monty Python v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.
1976 United States court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Monty Python v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. (2d Cir. 1976) was a case where the British comedy group Monty Python claimed that the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) had violated their copyright and caused damage to their artistic reputation by broadcasting drastically edited versions of several of their shows. An appeals court found in favor of Monty Python, directing a ban of further broadcasts by ABC on the basis of violation of the Lanham Act, which could provide protection in the United States similar to that provided by moral rights in Europe, and gave the opinion that the group's copyright had probably also been infringed.[1]
Monty Python v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. | |
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Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
Full case name | Monty Python v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. |
Argued | 13 April 1976 |
Decided | 30 June 1976 |
Citation(s) | 538 F.2d 14 (2d. Cir. 1976) |
Court membership | |
Judge(s) sitting | Lumbard, Hays and Gurfein |
Case opinions | |
The edited version broadcast by ABC impaired the integrity of appellants' work and represented to the public as the product of appellants what was actually a mere caricature of their talents. | |
Keywords | |
copyright infringement |