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Steinbeck v. McIntosh & Otis, Inc.

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on June 13, 2011.

Docket No.10-1119
Op. Below2d Circuit

Issue

Can the termination rights that Congress granted to authors and statutorily defined members of their families in the Copyright Act be extinguished by a copyright holder’s agreement even though that holder could not exercise the termination rights, or does such an agreement instead constitute an "agreement to the contrary" under the Act?

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