Steinberg v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. Case Brief
Copyright Case Brief 3 STEINBERG v. COLUMBIA PICTURES INDUSTRIES, INC. United States Federal Court, 1987 Legal History: The case was heard in the Southern District of New York in front of Judge Louis L. Stanton. The defendants, including Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., RCA Corporation, and several major newspapers, denied Steinberg's allegations of copyright infringement Facts: Saul Steinberg sued various parties involved with producing and promoting the 1984 movie "Moscow on the Hudson", claiming that a promotional poster for the movie infringed his copyright in a magazine cover he had created for The New Yorker. Legal Issues: Was The New Yorker?s drawing distinctively similar to that of Moscow On the Hudson?s? Holding: