Intersong-USA v. CBS, INC.

How courts have described this case

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• dismissing plaintiffs’ claim of radio access where there was no proof that the defendants’ songwriters heard the song
• “To survive summary judgment Plaintiffs must show a reasonable possibility of access, not a bare possibility.”
• songs’ structure, patterns, harmonic progression and recurring eighth note rhythm were common musical elements which were not copyrightable
• “defendants could rebut an inference of copying by proving that the work was created independently of the plaintiffs work”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).