...statutory law of copyright, such as ... unfair competition,* the court saw the Lanham Act as a vehicle to •vindicate the author's personal right to prevent the presentation of his work to the public in a distorted form." Id. In a widely quoted concurring opinion. Judge Gurfeln agreed with the majority's...

...co-authors is within the publisher's discretion. Holding that the Lanham Act "is designed not only to vindicate 'the author's personal right to prevent the presentation of his work to the public in a distorted form' [quoting Gilliam], but also to protect the public and the artist from misrepresentations...

...theories outside the statutory law of copyright, such as contract law, or the tort of unfair competition. Although such decisions are clothed in terms of proprietary...prevent the presentation of his work to the public in a distorted form.108 In light of such precedents, the United States Congress maintains that the moral...

...copyright, such as contract law ... or the tort of unfair competition. . . . Although such decisions arc clothed in terms of proprietary right in one's creation,...prevent the presentation of his work to the public in a distorted form. ... Here, the appellants claim that the editing done for ABC mutilated the original...