Henry Billings Brown,
Mifflin v. White — Opinion of the Court
“ It is incorrect to say that any form of notice is good which calls attention to the person of whom inquiry can be made and information obtained, since, the right being purely statutory, the public may justly demand that the person claiming a monopoly of publication shall pursue, in substance, at least, the statutory method of securing it. ”
Henry Billings Brown,
Mifflin v. White — Opinion of the Court
“ In determining whether a notice of copyright is misleading, we are not bound to look beyond the face of the notice, and inquire whether, under the facts of the particular case, it is reasonable to suppose an intelligent person could actually have been misled. ”
Henry Billings Brown,
Mifflin v. White — Opinion of the Court
“ With the utmost desire to give a construction to the statute most liberal to the author, we find it impossible to say that the entry of a book under one title by the publishers can validate the entry of another book of a different title by another person. ”
