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MILLS MUSIC, INC. v. SNYDER

No. 83-1153.

469 U.S. 153 (1985)

MILLS MUSIC, INC. v. SNYDER ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 8, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin E. Frankel argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Michael S. Oberman.

Harold R. Tyler, Jr., argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was Frederick T. Davis.

JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a controversy between a publisher, Mills Music, Inc. (Mills), and the heirs of an author, Ted Snyder (Snyder), over the division of royalty income that the sound recordings of the copyrighted song "Who's Sorry Now" (the Song) have generated. The controversy is a direct outgrowth of the general revision of copyright law that Congress enacted in 1976.

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