Legal Opinion
Frank Music Corp. v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 23, 1985No. Nos. 83-6426, 83-6460PublishedCited by 147 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
This copyright infringement suit arises out of defendants’ use of five songs from plaintiffs’ dramatico-musical play Kismet in a musical revue staged at defendant MGM Grand Hotel in 1974-76. After a bench trial, the district court found infringement and awarded the plaintiffs $22,-000 as a share of defendants’ profits. Plaintiffs appeal and defendants cross-appeal. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.
I. FACTS
The original version of Kismet was a dramatic play, written by Edward Knob-lock in 1911. Knoblock copyrighted the play as an unpublished work in that…
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