Editorial July 28, 1917 Issue

[From The Christian Science Monitor]

Copyright Law Was Violated

Editor

In the United States District Court at Chicago, Ill., a decree in favor of The Christian Science Publishing Society was entered by Judge Kenesaw M. Landis, last Saturday, with the consent of the defendants, finding and adjudging The Art Masters Society, Eugene F. MacDonald, Jr., and others, had infringed certain copyrights owned by The Christian Science Publishing Society, upon the picture of Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science.

The action was instituted in the Federal Court at Chicago by The Christian Science Publishing Society as complainant, alleging that the defendants were printing, manufacturing, and selling what purported to be an imitation painting designated by defendants as "oil kraft" pictures of Mrs. Eddy, which infringed upon copyrights owned by The Christian Science Publishing Society.

All the allegations of the complainant, together with its rights and ownership of the copyrights, were fully sustained by the decree, and the defendants, The Art Masters Society and others, were perpetually enjoined from printing, manufacturing, and selling any infringing pictures of Mrs. Eddy. The infringing pictures and plates were thereupon surrendered to the complainant and destroyed.

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