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ABC MUSIC CORP. v. JANOV

Civ. No. 505-58.

186 F.Supp. 443 (1960)

ABC MUSIC CORP. et al., Plaintiffs, v. Maurice JANOV and Charles Weintraub, doing business under the fictitious firm name and style of Mode Records, Limited, and Mode Records, Limited, a California corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. California, Central Division.

August 22, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham Marcus, and Jason H. Ross, Beverly Hills, Cal., for plaintiffs.

Cyrus Levinthal, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants.

MATHES, District Judge.

In this action several copyright proprietors invoke the jurisdiction of this court under 28 U.S.C. § 1338(a) to recover damages for defendants' failure to pay statutory royalties as required by the so-called "compulsory licensing" provisions of § 1(e) of the Copyright Act. 17 U.S.C. § 1(e).

In the main the facts are undisputed. Plaintiffs are music publishing companies and the copyright proprietors of the several musical...

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