FAMOUS MUSIC CORPORATION v. MELZ

No. 548.

28 F.Supp. 767 (1939)

FAMOUS MUSIC CORPORATION et al. v. MELZ.

District Court, W. D. Louisiana, Monroe Division.

August 9, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Studebaker Lucas, of New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs.

G. P. Bullis, of Ferriday, La., for defendant.


PORTERIE, District Judge.

The defendant herein has operated a moving picture show in the town of Ferriday (population 2,500), parish of Concordia, state of Louisiana, for a number of years. As early as the year 1932, traveling agents of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (to be referred to herein as the Society) called on the defendant and, as educational propaganda, explained to him their views and interpretation of the Copyright Act of March...

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