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Edison v. Lubin, 122 F. 240 (3d Cir. 1903) is an early United States federal appeals court decision about film piracy and the copyright status of motion pictures.

Background
Thomas Edison and his Edison Company purchased the exclusive right to film the christening and maiden launch of Kaiser Wilhelm II's yacht, the Meteor III. The ceremony took place on 25 February 1902 at Shooters Island, New York, off the north shore of Staten Island. Attendees included President Theodore Roosevelt, his daughter Alice, and the Kaiser's brother Prince Henry of Prussia. In the film, Alice Roosevelt can be seen performing the christening, smashing a bottle on the hull as the ship glides into the sea.