Legal Opinion
Damiano v. Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided August 20, 1997No. Civ. A. 95-4795(JBS)PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SIMANDLE, District Judge.
Plaintiff brings this copyright infringement action accompanied by several federal and state claims all arising out of the alleged theft of plaintiffs lyrics and music by Sony recording artist Bob Dylan. Presently before the court is defendants’ motion for summary judgment. For the reasons stated below, the motion will be granted in favor of defendants.
I. Background
Plaintiffs complaint lists six “works” allegedly infringed by Dylan. (Compl. at 3-6). Plaintiff claims that Dylan used several lyrics from five of'the works originally composed and copyrighted by…
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