Mifflin v. Dutton
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] It 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. This case shared its reasoning with the previous case Mifflin v. R. H. White Company.[2]
| Mifflin v. Dutton | |
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| Argued April 30 – May 1, 1903 Decided June 1, 1903 | |
| Full case name | Mifflin v. Dutton |
| Citations | 190 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. | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Brown, joined by unanimous |
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External links
- Text of Mifflin v. Dutton, 190 U.S. 265 (1903) is available from: CourtListener Justia Library of Congress
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