Legal Opinion
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd. v. Walt Disney Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 30, 1998No. Nos. 34, 45, Dockets 96-9205, 96-9223PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVAL, Circuit Judge:
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd., an English corporation and the assignee of Igor Stravinsky’s copyrights for “The Rite of Spring,” brought this action alleging that the Walt Disney Company’s1 foreign distribution in video cassette and laser disc format (“video format”) of the film “Fantasia,” featuring Stravinsky’s work, infringed Boosey’s rights. In 1939 Stravinsky licensed Disney’s distribution of The Rite of Spring in the motion' pictured Boosey, which acquired Stravinsky’s copyright in'1947, contends that the *484license does not authorize distribution in video…
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