SHAPIRO, BERNSTEIN & CO. v. GABOR

Nos. 66 Civ. 2268-66 Civ. 2270.

266 F.Supp. 613 (1966)

SHAPIRO, BERNSTEIN & CO., Inc., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Donald GABOR, Defendant. EDWARD B. MARKS MUSIC CORPORATION et al., Plaintiffs, v. Donald GABOR, Defendant. CHAPPELL & CO., Inc., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Donald GABOR, Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

November 16, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pomerantz, Levy, Haudek & Block, New York City, for defendant (Richard M. Meyer and Abraham L. Pomerantz, New York City, of counsel).

Abeles & Clark, New York City, for plaintiffs (Julian T. Abeles and Robert C. Osterberg, New York City, of counsel).


MEMORANDUM

MacMAHON, District Judge.

The question here is whether the parties have substituted private licensing agreements for the protections afforded them by Section 1(e) of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C.A. § 1(e). Relying on Edward B. Marks Music Corp. v. Foullon, 171 F.2d 905 (2 Cir. 1949), defendant moves to dismiss the complaint or for summary judgment, contending that plaintiffs have substituted private licensing...

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