Nancy Sinatra v. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., an Ohio Corporation, Young & Rubicam, Inc., Anew York Corporation

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• affirming summary judgment against Nancy Sinatra on her state law “passing-off’ claim where defendants used an imitation of her song because such a claim would impinge on copyrights
• “If a proposed licensee must pay each artist who has played or sung the composition and who might therefore claim [misappropriation of likeness], the licensee may well be discouraged to the point of complete loss of interest.”

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