Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
O'Neill v. Walt Disney Productions
O'Neill v. Walt Disney Prods., 439 U.S. 1132 (1979)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1979-01-22
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- “copying that is virtually complete or almost verbatim" could not qualify for fair use defense
- "Silly Sympathies" in adult comic books did not infringe on Disney's "Silly Symphonies"
Citator
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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.