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Mifflin v. Dutton
Decided June 1, 1903
Full case nameMifflin v. Dutton
Citations190 U.S. 265 (more)
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

Mifflin v. Dutton, 190 U.S. 265 (1903), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held 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. 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.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Mifflin v. Dutton, 190 U.S. 265 (1903)". Justia. Retrieved 27 June 2018.