http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/taxonomy/term/639/feed The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/packets/200710/plaintiff-s-submission-of-a-reconstruction-rather-than-a-copy-invalida <p>In Torres-Negrón v. J &amp; N Records, L.L.C., the First Circuit determined two issues: whether the plaintiff composer’s submission of a tape recording of himself singing his song and clapping its rhythm by memory, without reference to his original work, met the deposit copy requirement of 17 U.S.C. § 408(b); and whether the failure to submit a deposit copy is a jurisdictional defect in a federal copyright infringement case. Affirming a decision of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, the First Circuit found that plaintiff’s copyright application was incomplete because it included only a reconstruction of the song, and not a bona fide copy. The court deemed this a material defect and thus denied federal subject matter jurisdiction.<br /> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=06-2058.01A">Torres-Negrón v. J &amp; N Records, L.L.C.</a></p> <p><a href="http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/packets/200710/plaintiff-s-submission-of-a-reconstruction-rather-than-a-copy-invalida">read more</a></p> http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/packets/200710/plaintiff-s-submission-of-a-reconstruction-rather-than-a-copy-invalida#comment copyright deposit copy reconstruction Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:10:34 -0700 Amanda Smith 5592 at http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu