Legal Opinion

Abkco Music, Inc. And Abkco Music and Records, Inc. v. Stellar Records, Inc., and Performance Tracks, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided September 19, 1996No. 1137, Docket 95-7887PublishedCited by 55 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OWEN, District Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Batts, J.), entered on August 10, 1995, preliminarily enjoining defendant-appellant Performance Tracks, Inc. (“Tracks”) 2 from publishing without authority the lyrics to copyrighted songs owned by plaintiffs-appellees ABKCO Music Inc. and ABKCO Music and Records Inc. (“ABKCO”), thus prohibiting Tracks from distributing its compact discs containing the copyrighted songs. We affirm.

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