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NORTHERN SONGS, LTD. v. DISTINGUISHED PRODUCTIONS

No. 83 Civ. 6352(RIC).

581 F.Supp. 638 (1984)

NORTHERN SONGS, LIMITED, Plaintiff, v. DISTINGUISHED PRODUCTIONS, INC., Splotched Animal Music, Inc., Sesame Street, Inc., Christopher Cerf and Normal Stiles, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

March 7, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart, Zavin, Sinnreich & Wasserman, New York City, for plaintiff; Jonathan Zavin, Melinda Socol, New York City, of counsel.

Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York City, for defendants; Eugene L. Girden, Robert P. LoBue, Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, New York City, of counsel.

OPINION

ROBERT L. CARTER, District Judge.

The discord between the parties from which this suit arises is an alleged copyright infringement by defendants, Distinguished Productions, Inc., Splotched Animal Music, Inc., Sesame Street, Inc., Christopher Cerf and Norman Stiles. Plaintiff, Northern Songs, Ltd., ("Northern"), claims that defendants, all writers, publishers, producers and/or distributors, violated the copyrights it owns in two songs, "Hey Jude"...

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