Legal Opinion
Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Claire's Boutiques, Inc., D/B/A Claire's Boutiques, and D/B/A Arcadia
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 11, 1991No. 91-1232PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
When must the corporate owner of a chain of retail stores pay copyright license fees for playing radio broadcasts in its stores? Plaintiffs Broadcast Music, Incorporated (“BMI”) and various named song publishers 1 sued defendant Claire’s Boutiques, Incorporated (“Claire’s”) for violating copyrights in certain musical compositions. The plaintiff publishers own the copyrights in the compositions at issue but grant to BMI the right to license public performances of these compositions. Claire’s, which owns and operates a chain of over 700 retail stores, defended BMI’s…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- In the Matter of Russell E. Sinclair, Sr. And M. Marguerite Sinclair, Debtors-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Fortnightly Corp. v. United Artists Television, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Buck v. Jewell-LaSalle Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- International Korwin Corp. v. Tadeusz KowalczykCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
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