Watson v. Buck

Watson v. Buck
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 26, 1941
Full case name	Watson v. Buck
Citations	313 U.S. 387 ( more )
Holding
The Copyright Act does not authorize copyright holders to violate valid antitrust laws.
Court membership
Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes Associate Justices Harlan F. Stone  · Owen Roberts Hugo Black  · Stanley F. Reed Felix Frankfurter  · William O. Douglas Frank Murphy
Case opinion
Majority	Black, joined by unanimous
Murphy took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
Copyright Act of 1909

Watson v. Buck, 313 U.S. 387(1941), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that the Copyright Act does not authorize copyright holders to violate valid antitrust laws. ^[1]

Description

In this case, the Supreme Court determined that the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, which formed to centralize and organize the licensing of music performance rights, was an illegal trust. ^[2]

References

1. Watson v. Buck, 313 U.S. 387 (1941).
2. "ASCAP Monoply Violates Sherman Act: Copyrights. Monopolies. ASCAP's Blanket Licensing of Performance Rights Enjoined in Suit by Movie Exhibitors". Stanford Law Review. 1949. pp. 538–546. doi:10.2307/1226378 . Retrieved December 6, 2024.

External links

• Text of Watson v. Buck, 313 U.S. 387(1941) is available from: Cornell Findlaw Justia