Steinbeck v. McIntosh & Otis, Inc.
Petition for certiorari denied on June 13, 2011
Issue: Can the termination rights that Congress granted to authors and statutorily defined members of their families in the Copyright Act be extinguished by a copyright holder’s agreement even though that holder could not exercise the termination rights, or does such an agreement instead constitute an "agreement to the contrary" under the Act?
Briefs and Documents
Certiorari-stage documents
- Opinion below (2d Circuit)
- Petition for certiorari
- Brief in opposition of Steinbeck Heritage Foundation/Estate Respondents
- Petitioners' reply
- Amicus brief of Graphic Artists Guild et al.
- Amicus brief of Penguin Group (USA), Inc.
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