Miller v. Universal City Studios, Inc.
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Miller v. Universal City Studios, Inc. is a case where an appeals court found that although the plaintiff apparently deserved to prevail, it reversed the jury verdict and remanded the case for retrial because it found reversible error in the trial judges' instructions to the jury. The appellate court found that the judge's jury instructions, which included the statement that the labor of research by an author is protected by copyright, had been given in error. The court noted that plaintiff, over the objection of the defense, had urged the district court judge to include this instruction.[1]
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Miller v. Universal City Studios, Inc. | |
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Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
Full case name | Gene Miller v. Universal City Studios, Inc., American Broadcasting Companies and Post-Newsweek Stations Florida, Inc. |
Decided | 23 July 1981 |
Citation(s) | 650 F.2d 1365 (1981) |
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Judge(s) sitting | RONEY, HILL and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges. |
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A writer's research is not copyrightable | |
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Reversible error |
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