COLUMBIA BROADCAST. SYST., INC. v. Melody Recordings, Inc.

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• explaining that the “essence” of an unfair competition claim “is fair play”
• finding defendants engaged in unfair competition as a matter of law by rerecording original recorded musical performances and selling the duplicates
• upholding claim of unfair competition where defendant duplicated copyrighted work without permission

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