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WE SHALL OVERCOME FOUNDATION v. THE RICHMOND ORG.

16cv2725(DLC).

330 F.Supp.3d 960 (2018)

WE SHALL OVERCOME FOUNDATION and Butler Films, LLC, Plaintiffs, v. THE RICHMOND ORGANIZATION, INC. (TRO Inc.) and Ludlow Music, Inc., Defendants.

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

Signed July 31, 2018.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 2201cp
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 2201cp Declaratory Judgment (Copyright)
Nature of Suit: 820 Copyright
Source: PACER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the Plaintiffs: Mark C. Rifkin , Randall S. Newman , Gloria K. Melwani , Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, 270 Madison Ave., 10th Floor, New York, NY 10016.

For the Defendants: Paul LiCalsi , Ofer Reger , Robins Kaplan LLC, 601 Lexington Ave., Suite 3400, New York, NY 10022.

OPINION AND ORDER

The parties have settled this declaratory judgment action addressing the validity of two copyrights in the musical composition "We Shall Overcome" (the "Song"). As part of the settlement, defendants agreed to stop claiming a copyright in the melody or lyrics of any verse of the...

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