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JOBIM v. SONGS OF UNIVERSAL, INC.

Nos. 05 Civ. 3527(PAC), 06 Civ. 06407 (PAC).

732 F.Supp.2d 407 (2010)

Ana Beatriz Lontra JOBIM, Paulo Hermanny Jobim, Elizabeth Hermanny Jobim and Maria Luiza Helena Lontra Jobim, Plaintiffs, v. SONGS OF UNIVERSAL, INC., Defendant.

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

August 6, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew H. Giger , Rosenberg & Giger, P.C., Arthur R. Lehman , Arthur R. Lehman, L.L.C., New York, NY, for Plaintiffs.

Andrew Harrison Bart , Carletta Flora Higginson , Jenner & Block LLP, New York, NY, Steven Bernard Fabrizio , Jenner & Block, LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant.

OPINION and ORDER

PAUL A. CROTTY, District Judge:

In the 1960s, two popular Brazilian songwriters, Antonio Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes, authored Portuguese compositions ("Compositions"), including some world-famous songs, such as "The Girl from Ipanema" and "How Insensitive."1 To market the Compositions, Antonio Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes entered into a series of subpublishing agreements between 1962-1973 (the "Subpublishing...

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