CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant Acuff-Rose Music Inc. ("Acuff-Rose") appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Denny Chin, Judge) dismissing Acuff-Rose's copyright infringement suit against Defendant-Appellee Jostens, Inc. ("Jostens"). The district court held that the phrase at issue, which Jostens copied from a song to which Acuff-Rose held the copyright, lacked the requisite originality...
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