Case No. 2,407.

CARILLO et al. v. SHOOK et al.

[8 Chi. Leg. News (1876) 258; 22 Int. Rev. Rec. 152.]

Circuit Court, S. D. New York.

COPYRIGHT—PUBLICATION AFTER FILING.

The work must be published within a reasonable time after filing the title page.

A. S. Sullivan, for complainants.

Mr. Dittenhoeffer, for defendants.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge. In the case of Boucicault v. Hart [Case No. 1,692] Mr. Justice Hunt, in June, 1875, decided that to secure a copyright of a book, or a dramatic composition, the work must be published within a reasonable time after the filing of the title page, and that two copies must then be delivered to the librarian of congress, as required by law. Upon this application for a preliminary injunction, it is fitting that, without further inquiry or examination on my part, this decision should be followed as the law of this circuit, and I must accordingly deny the motion.

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