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COLUMBIA BROAD. SYS., INC. v. AMERICAN SOC. OF COMP.

No. 69 Civ. 5740.

400 F.Supp. 737 (1975)

COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC., Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

September 22, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, for plaintiff; Alan J. Hruska, Robert K. Baker, J. Barclay Collins, II, Robert M. Sondak, Kenneth M. Kramer, New York City, of counsel.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City and Bernard Korman, New York City, for ASCAP; Herman Finkelstein, Jay H. Topkis, Allan Blumstein, Max Gitter, Richard Reimer, New York City, of counsel.

Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, New York City, for Broadcast Music, Inc.; Amalya L. Kearse, George A. Davidson, New York City, of counsel.

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, New York City, for Warner Bros. Inc.

Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, for MCA, Inc. and Duchess Music Corp.

Linden & Deutsch, New York City, for G. Schirmer, Inc. and Associated Music Publishers, Inc.

Hofheimer, Gartlir, Gottlieb & Gross, New York City, for Essex Music, Inc. and Hollis Music, Inc.

LASKER, District Judge.

In this age of change the quality of life has been fundamentally altered and influenced by the development of the automobile, the computer and television.

Millions of viewers spend untold hours weekly viewing television. During the larger part of that time the viewer is a listener to programs which utilize music, whether as background, as theme or as a feature. This case relates to the method by which networks are licensed to use copyrighted...

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