Legal Opinion
Norbay Music, Inc. v. King Records, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 25, 1961No. 261, Docket 26552PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Norbay Music, Inc., appeals from a summary judgment granted defendant King Records, Inc., in an action for infringement of plaintiff’s copyrighted musical composition. Plaintiff, a music publisher, copyrighted the musical composition “Slow Walk” in 1956, and on October 2, 1956, licensed Mercury Records to manufacture and distribute phonograph records of it. 'Shortly thereafter, defendant recorded this same composition without first obtaining a license from plaintiff, and without serving upon it a notice of intention to use, in compliance with 17 U.S.C. § 101(e).…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- White-Smith Music Publishing Co. v. Apollo Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Washingtonian Publishing Co. v. PearsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Leo Feist, Inc. v. American Music Roll Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1918
- Biltmore Music Corp. v. KittingerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
- Norbay Music, Inc. v. King Records, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1960
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Stone v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
- Stone v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
- Rosette v. Rainbo Record Manufacturing CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1973
- Harry Fox Agency, Inc. v. Mills Music, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1982
- Peer International Corp. v. Latin American Music Corp.District Court, D. Puerto Rico · 2001
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