Legal Opinion
Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Custom Recording Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided May 29, 1972No. 19430PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Littlejohn, Justice.
*468Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., (“CBS”) sought to enjoin defendants’ “pirating” or appropriating performances embodied in phonograph recordings manufactured by its Columbia Records Division. In the -recording industry this practice is known as (“disklegging”). The lower court declined to grant a temporary injunction and CBS has appealed.
CBS, in its complaint filed in the Court of Common Pleas for Aiken County in May, 1971, alleged that: CBS has for many years been engaged in the manufacture and sale of phonographic recordings in the form of disks and magnetic tapes. In…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- International News Service v. Associated PressSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Compco Corp. v. Day-Brite Lighting, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Childs v. City of ColumbiaSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1911
- Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. v. PorterSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1969
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Gai Audio of New York, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.Court of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1975
- COLUMBIA BROADCAST. SYST., INC. v. Melody Recordings, Inc.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1975
- Mercury Record Productions, Inc. v. Economic Consultants, Inc.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1974
- United Artists Records, Inc. v. Eastern Tape Corp.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 1973
- Helsel v. City of North Myrtle BeachSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1992
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