Legal Opinion
Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. v. Jostens, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 4, 1998No. Docket 98-7135PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant Acuff-Rose Music Inc. (“Acuff-Rose”) appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Denny Chin, Judge) dismissing Acuff-Rose’s copyright infringement suit against Defendant-Appellee Jostens, Inc. (“Jostens”). The district court held that the phrase at issue, which Jostens copied from a song to which Acuff-Rose held the copyright, lacked the requisite originality to be protected by copyright law. See Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. v. Jostens, Inc., 988 F.Supp. 289 (S.D.N.Y.1997). We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Acuf…
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