UNITED STATES v. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS, A. & P.


202 F.Supp. 339 (1961)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS, AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS et al., Defendants. Application of SHENANDOAH VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC., et al., Petitioners. for the Determination of Reasonable License Fees.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

December 28, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, New York City, for Shenandoah Valley Broadcasting, Inc.

Herman Finkelstein, New York City, for American Soc. of Composers, Authors and Publishers and others.


RYAN, Chief Judge.

A petition has been filed under the provisions of the amended final judgment by 300 T.V. Broadcasting stations, praying that ASCAP be directed to grant them a blanket and per program license giving to each and every petitioner performance rights from January 1, 1962 through December 31, 1966, excepting, however, network programs and prerecorded material produced by persons other than petitioners, and asking fixation of reasonable interim and final...

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