Mirage Critics

Mirage Editions, Inc. v. Albuquerque A.R.T. Co, 856 F.2d 1341 (9th Cir. 1988), cert. denied, 489 U.S. 1018 (1989)

on Mirage & Munoz

on 9th Circuit

  • Lee v. Deck the Walls, Inc, 925 F.Supp. 576 (N.D.Ill.1996), the Ninth Circuit ignores the definition of a "derivative work" found in § 101, in which Congress specifically included an originality requirement.
  • LEE v A.R.T. Company, 125 F.3d 580 (7th Cir. 1997), Scholarly disapproval of Mirage Editions has been widespread.