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研析美國第九巡迴上訴法院 DC Comics v. Towle 一案
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22 Rice v. Fox Broadcasting Co., 330 F. 3d 1170 (9th Cir. 2003). (the magician is dressed in standard
magician garb-black tuxedo with tails, a white tuxedo shirt, a black bow tie, and a black cape with
red lining and his role is limited to performing and revealing the magic tricks. Rice, 148 F.Supp.2d
at 1036. Thus, we must reject Rice's claim that the magician in his video is an “especially distinct”
character differing from an ordinary magician in a manner that warrants copyright protection.) (As
result, he is merely a “chessman in the game of telling the story [and] he is not within the area of the
protection afforded by the copyright.)
23 Anderson v. Stallone, 11 USP Q 2d 1161, at *20-23 (C.D. Cal. Apr. 25, 1989) (The Rocky characters
are one of the most highly delineated group of characters in modern American cinema.) (This Court
also finds that the Rocky characters were so highly developed and central to the three movies made
before Anderson's treatment that they “constituted the story being told”.)
24 Olson v. National Broadcasting Co., 855 F.2d 1446, at 1452 (9th Cir. 1988) (characters that are
“especially distinctive” or the “story being told” receive protection apart from the copyrighted work).
25 Rice v. Fox Broadcasting Co., 330 F. 3d 1170 (9th Cir. 2003).
26 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer v. American Honda Motor Co., 900 F.Supp. 1287, 1295-97 (C.D.Cal.1995).