GRANITE MUSIC CORP. v. UNITED ARTISTS CORP.

No. 74-1541.

532 F.2d 718 (1976)

GRANITE MUSIC CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED ARTISTS CORPORATION et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

March 10, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irwin O. Spiegel (argued), Beverly Hills, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

John Davies (argued), of Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman, Beverly Hills, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before CHAMBERS, CARTER and TRASK, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

JAMES M. CARTER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves a copyright infringement action. The trial court found that plaintiff, owner of a copyright song entitled "Tiny Bubbles" (hereafter "Bubbles"), failed to show an infringement by the defendants in their composition entitled "Hiding the Wine" (hereafter "Hiding") in the motion picture entitled The Secret of Santa Vittoria.

The issues on appeal are: (1) the admission of musical similarities...

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