Emi Catalogue Partnership and Emi Robbins Catalog Inc. v. Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos Inc. And Spalding Sports Worldwide

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 2000-09-15

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CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge: At the heart of the litigation before us on this appeal is a jazz tune popularized by the well-known swing clarinetist Benny Goodman. The song entitled “Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)” is one of the most recognizable from the height of the swing era in the 1930s. A 1999 poll of National Public Radio listeners named it one of the 100 most important musical…

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