American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers v. Spanish International Communications Corp.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Ryp, J.), entered December 8, 1980, granting plaintiff’s motion (1) to dismiss the affirmative defenses in defendant’s answer; (2) for summary judgment as to defendant’s liability on certain licenses; and (3) for an immediate trial on damages, unanimously affirmed, with costs. This is an action to recover money allegedly due plaintiff under certain licensing agreements which granted permission to defendant’s television stations to broadcast copyrighted musical compositions. The record discloses no factual issue as to defendant’s failure to pay plaintiff…