In Aquarian Foundation copyright dispute, US appellate court partly reverses
By Melissa Ritti ( February 3, 2025, 23:06 GMT | Insight) -- The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit addressed the scope of the termination right enshrined in Section 203 of the Copyright Act today, clarifying in a precedential ruling that it extends to authors and their statutory heirs, only. A trial court must take a fresh look at the potential infringement liability of an excommunicated member of the Aquarian Foundation, a non-profit religious organization founded in 1955 in Seattle.The termination right set forth in Section 203 of the Copyright Act is available to authors and their statutory heirs, alone, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reiterated today in a precedential ruling....
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