▁Copy right ▁Office ▁and ▁assigned ▁the ▁copy right ▁to ▁Stein berg . ▁About ▁three ▁months ▁later , ▁the ▁magazine ▁made ▁an ▁agreement ▁to ▁print ▁and ▁sell ▁post ers ▁of ▁the ▁image . ▁ ▁The ▁Moscow ▁on ▁the ▁Hudson ▁poster ▁featured ▁the ▁movie ' s ▁lead ▁actor ▁Robin ▁Williams ▁and ▁his ▁two ▁co - st ars ▁at ▁the ▁bottom ▁of ▁the ▁frame , ▁with ▁a ▁highly ▁detailed ▁dep iction ▁of ▁four ▁city ▁blocks ▁of ▁Manh attan ▁behind ▁them . ▁In ▁the ▁background ▁is ▁a ▁blue ▁stri pe ▁representing ▁the ▁Atlantic ▁Ocean , ▁three ▁land marks ▁den oting ▁cities ▁in ▁Europe , ▁and ▁a ▁set ▁of ▁Russian - looking ▁buildings ▁l abeled ▁" M osc ow ". ▁Again , ▁the ▁horizon ▁is ▁marked ▁by ▁a ▁red ▁line , ▁and ▁the ▁sky ▁by ▁a ▁thin ▁blue ▁was h ▁of ▁color . ▁At ▁the ▁top ▁is ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁movie , ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁font ▁used ▁by ▁The ▁New ▁York er . ▁The ▁poster ▁image ▁was ▁published ▁as ▁an ▁advert is ement ▁in ▁many ▁newsp apers ▁across ▁the ▁country . ▁ ▁The ▁issue ▁of ▁copying ▁The ▁court ▁states ▁the ▁rule ▁for ▁in fr ing ement ▁as ▁follows : ▁" To ▁succeed ▁in ▁a ▁copy right ▁in fr ing ement ▁action , ▁a ▁pla int iff ▁must ▁prove ▁ownership ▁of ▁the ▁copy right ▁and ▁copying ▁by ▁the ▁def endant ." ▁As ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁dispute ▁over ▁whether ▁Stein berg ▁owned ▁a ▁valid ▁copy right ▁in ▁his ▁image , ▁the ▁only ▁issue ▁to ▁be ▁decided ▁was ▁whether ▁the