Buck v. Jewell-LaSalle Realty Co. explained

Litigants:Buck v. Jewell-LaSalle Realty Co.
Arguedatea:March 3
Arguedateb:4
Argueyear:1931
Decidedate:April 13
Decideyear:1931
Fullname:Buck v. Jewell-LaSalle Realty Co.
Usvol:283
Uspage:191
Parallelcitations:51 S. Ct. 410; 75 L. Ed. 971
Holding:A hotel operator which provided headphones connected to a centrally controlled radio receiver was guilty of copyright infringement, because "reception of a radio broadcast and its translation into audible sound is not a mere audition of the original program. It is essentially a reproduction."
Majority:Brandeis
Joinmajority:a unanimous court
Overruled:Twentieth Century Music Corp. v. Aiken

Buck v. Jewell-LaSalle Realty Co., 283 U.S. 191 (1931), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held a hotel operator which provided headphones connected to a centrally controlled radio receiver was guilty of copyright infringement, because "reception of a radio broadcast and its translation into audible sound is not a mere audition of the original program. It is essentially a reproduction."