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· 1/9/1980

Elsmere Music, Inc. v. National Broadcasting Co.

Citations

  • 482 F. Supp. 741
  • 206 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 913
  • 5 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 2455
  • 1980 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9775

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that the “taking involved in th[e] action [was] relatively slight,” but that “on closer examination it becomes apparent” that the music and lyrics taken were “the heart of the composition”

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Judges: Goettel

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