Legal Opinion
TCA Television Corp. v. McCollum
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 17, 2015No. 15 Civ. 4325 (GBD)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER
GEORGE B. DANIELS, United States District Judge
Plaintiffs, TCA Television Corporation, Hi Neighbor, and Diana Abbott Colton, filed this action against Defendants, Kevin McCollum, The Ensemble Studio Theatre, Inc., Manhattan Class Company, Inc., Robért Askins, Hand to God LLC, and Does and ABC Companies 1-10, under 17 U.S.C. § 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976 and New York common law copyright.
This action arises out of Defendants’ use of dialogue from the iconic comedy routine, Who’s On First? (“the Routine”), in their critically-acclaimed Broadway dark comedy, Hand…
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