Re: self plagiarism

> I seem to remember a case where someone authored a work. He then
> assigned the copyright to someone else. After the assisgnment, he
> created a second work in which he used some of the same expression
> that he used in the first work. The person to whom he assigned
> the first copyright then sued him for infringement and won.
> My memory about this case is highly selective which is very frustrating.
> I think it was a case involving music, but I am not certain.
> If someone can remember the citation or assist my memory by
> providing more facts, it may
> be relevant to the question raised earlier on self plagiarism.

Mary, I'm relying solely on my memory, which might not be much better than yours on this point, but I think the musician in question was John Fogerty, who was prevented from publishing some songs that were similar to songs he had written when he was with the band Creedence Clearwater Revival. The assignee of copyright sued to prevent it.

I heard yesterday that this case is going to the Supreme Court -- I don't know if that's reliable or not.

I'll bet a Lexis or Westlaw scan for NAME(FOGERTY) or "CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL" would turn something up. Received on Thu Sep 23 1993 - 16:57:20 GMT