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RINGGOLD v. BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION, INC.

No. 1736, Docket 96-9329.

126 F.3d 70 (1997)

Faith RINGGOLD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION, INC., Home Box Office, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 16, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara Hoffman, New York City, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Kim J. Landsman, New York City (David M. Levin, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York City, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.

(Dorothy M. Weber, Judith A. Kaminsky, Shukat Arrow Hafer & Weber, New York City; Michael D. Remer, Cowan, DeBaets, Abraham & Sheppard, New York City, submitted brief for amici curiae The Artists Rights Society, Inc. and The Picasso Administration).

Before: MESKILL and NEWMAN, Circuit Judges, and McAVOY, Chief District Judge.

JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal primarily concerns the scope of copyright protection for a poster of an artistic work that was used as set decoration for a television program. Faith Ringgold appeals from the September 24, 1996, judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (John S. Martin, Jr., Judge) dismissing, on motion for summary judgment, her copyright infringement suit against Black Entertainment Television, Inc. ("BET") and...

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