Legal Opinion
Muse v. Mellin
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 27, 1962PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVET, District Judge.
This action for declaratory judgment concerns the ownership of the renewal right in the copyright of a popular song entitled, “When It’s Sleepy Time Down South.”
Both the corporate plaintiff, Mills Music, Inc. (Mills), and the defendants claim the renewal rights through the plaintiff Clarence Muse, one of three coauthors. Mills alleges its claim arises from an assignment of “all right, title and interest whatsoever,” executed by Muse in 1931 to Mills’ predecessor in interest and a so-called “confirmatory” agreement of August 13, 1957, specifically directed to the renewal…
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