Legal Opinion
United States v. American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, Gary Zekley, Eddie Brandt
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 7, 1971No. 871-874, Dockets 711200, 711281-711283PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYS, Circuit Judge:
The controversy presented by this appeal from certain orders of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York is concerned with the distribution by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, among its members of a fund of $9,-920,000.
ASCAP is an association of composers, authors and publishers of musical compositions the basic purpose of which is to protect its members against infringement of the copyrights on their works. It licenses its members’ compositions for public performance and collects the royalties which it distributes to…
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