Mifflin v. Dutton

1903 United States Supreme Court case
Mifflin v. Dutton
Argued April 30 – May 1, 1903
Decided June 1, 1903
Full case nameMifflin v. Dutton
Citations190 U.S. 265 (more)
23 S. Ct. 771; 47 L. Ed. 1043
Holding
The authorized appearance of a work in a magazine without a copyright notice specifically dedicated to that work transfers that work into the public domain.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Melville Fuller
Associate Justices
John M. Harlan · David J. Brewer
Henry B. Brown · Edward D. White
Rufus W. Peckham · Joseph McKenna
Oliver W. Holmes Jr. · William R. Day
Case opinion
MajorityBrown, joined by unanimous

Mifflin v. Dutton, 190 U.S. 265 (1903), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the authorized appearance of a work in a magazine without a copyright notice specifically dedicated to that work transfers that work into the public domain.[1]

Background

The case concerned the publication of The Minister's Wooing by Harriet Beecher Stowe, published chapter-by-chapter in Atlantic Monthly before and after a copyright filing, and never with the required notice in the magazine. Following the serialization, Houghton, Mifflin & Co. published a single volume with proper copyright on behalf of Stowe and, later her estate. E. P. Dutton published the same book claiming it was in the public domain and the court agreed.

This case shared its reasoning with the previous case Mifflin v. R. H. White Company.[2]

References

  1. ^ Mifflin v. Dutton, 190 U.S. 265 (1903).
  2. ^ Mifflin v. R. H. White Company, 190 U.S. 260 (1903).

External links

  • Text of Mifflin v. Dutton, 190 U.S. 265 (1903) is available from: CourtListener  Justia  Library of Congress 
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