Ferris v. Frohman

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|Litigants=Ferris v. Frohman

|SubmitDate=November 7

|SubmitYear=1911

|DecideDate=February 19

|DecideYear=1912

|FullName=Ferris v. Frohman

|USVol=223

|USPage=424

|ParallelCitations=32 S. Ct. 263; 56 L. Ed. 492

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|Holding=An unauthorized public production of an unpublished play does not invalidate the play owner's common law copyright.

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|JoinMajority=unanimous

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Ferris v. Frohman, 223 U.S. 424 (1912), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held an unauthorized public production of an unpublished play does not invalidate the play owner's common law copyright.{{ussc|name=Ferris v. Frohman|volume=223|page=424|year=1912}}