COLUMBIA BROAD. v. DOCUMENT. UNLIMITED


42 Misc.2d 723 (1964)

Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Documentaries Unlimited, Inc., Defendant.

Supreme Court, Special Term, New York County.

March 6, 1964


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosenman Colin Kaye Petshek & Freund (Ambrose Doskow and Ernest A. Gleit of counsel), for plaintiffs. M. Warren Troob and Frederick A. Johnson for defendant.


ABRAHAM N. GELLER, J.

Plaintiffs Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. (CBS) and Allan Jackson have brought this action for infringement of common-law copyright in defendant's recording "off the air" of Jackson's news announcement concerning the assassination of President Kennedy and incorporating it as part of a phonograph record for commercial distribution entitled "JFK, the Man, the President", all without the...

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