Satava v. Lowry

323 F.3d 805 Richard SATAVA, an individual; Satava Art Glass, a sole proprietorship, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Christopher LOWRY, an individual; Christopher Richards, an Opinion individual; Makawao Glassworks, LLC, dba Hot Island Glass, Defendants-Appellants. No. 02-16347. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted February 10, 2003. Filed March 20, 2003. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Delbert J. Barnard, Barnard & Pauly, Seattle, WA, for the defendants-appellants. Roger R. Myers and Lisa M. Sitkin, Steinhart & Falconer, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California; Garland E. Burrell, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-01-00701-GEB. Before: SILVERMAN and GOULD, Circuit Judges, and WEINER, * Senior District Judge. OPINION GOULD, Circuit Judge. 1 In the Copyright Act, Congress sought to benefit the public by encouraging artists' creative expression. Congress carefully drew the contours of copyright protection to achieve this goal. It granted artists the exclusive right to the original expression in their works, thereby giving them a financial incentive to create…