Buck v. Jewell-LaSalle Realty Co.
Buck v. Jewell-LaSalle Realty Co., 283 U.S. 191 (1931), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held a hotel operator which provided headphones connected to a centrally controlled radio receiver was guilty of copyright infringement, because "reception of a radio broadcast and its translation into audible sound is not a mere audition of the original program. It is essentially a reproduction."[1]
| Buck v. Jewell-LaSalle Realty Co. | |
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| Argued March 3–4, 1931 Decided April 13, 1931 | |
| Full case name | Buck v. Jewell-LaSalle Realty Co. |
| Citations | 283 U.S. 191 (more) 51 S. Ct. 410; 75 L. Ed. 971 |
| Holding | |
| A hotel operator which provided headphones connected to a centrally controlled radio receiver was guilty of copyright infringement, because "reception of a radio broadcast and its translation into audible sound is not a mere audition of the original program. It is essentially a reproduction." | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Brandeis, joined by a unanimous court |
Overruled by | |
| Twentieth Century Music Corp. v. Aiken | |
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