Nutt v. National Institute Inc.
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Nutt v. National Institute Inc. (2d Cir. 1929) was an early case in which it was found that copyright extended beyond the words of a work. The court found that "The infringement need not be a complete or exact copy. Paraphrasing or copying with evasion is an infringement, even though there may be little or no conceivable identity between the two."[1]
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Nutt v. National Institute Inc. | |
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Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
Full case name | NUTT v. NATIONAL INSTITUTE INCORPORATED FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF MEMORY |
Decided | 11 March 1929 |
Citation(s) | 31 F.2d 236 |
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Judge(s) sitting | MANTON, SWAN, and CHASE |
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It is not the subject that is protected by copyright. It is the treatment of a subject that is protected. | |
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copyright infringement |
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