BOSTON COLLEGE LEGAL EAGLE: Unfair to Genius: The Strange ...

For summer recreational reading, I recommend Unfair to Genius:? The Strange and Litigious Career of Ira B. Arnstein, by Gary A. Rosen.? Students of copyright law will likely remember Ira B. Arnstein from the famous copyright infringement case, Arnstein v. Porter, 154 F.2d 464 (2nd Cir. 1946).? Arnstein made a career of bringing musical copyright infringement actions during the heyday of Tin Pan Alley, filing lawsuits against Cole Porter, E. B. Marks Music Company, Albert Dominguez, Irving Berlin, and Broadcast Music, Inc., among others.? Author Gary A. Rosen, a practicing intellectual property attorney, tells the story behind Arnstein's string of copyright infringement lawsuits.? The book is a remarkable psychological study of a professional litigant.? Rosen brings Arnstein to life and humanizes him so that the reader feels for him.? By the second chapter, the reader begins to see the psychic pain and defense mechanisms that compel Arnstein on his Quixotic quest for recognition and "justice".?

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