Legal Opinion
Hayes v. Carlin America, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 16, 2001No. 99 CIV. 12516 (LLS)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion and Order
STANTON, District Judge.
Plaintiff Isaac Hayes (“Hayes”) seeks a declaratory judgment that he is he owner of both the copyrights and the rights to collect royalties during the copyright renewal terms for various compositions which were first published or registered for copyright between January 1, 1968 and December 22, 1976 (the “compositions”) 1 . Defendants Carlin America, Inc. (“Carlin”), Bro ‘N Sis Music, Inc. (“BNS”), Aaron Schechter, Tracy Catron and Music Enterprises, Inc. (“MEI”) (collectively the “royalty defendants”) move for summary judgment dismissing the complaint…
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