Legal Opinion
Gai Audio of New York, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided June 26, 1975No. 521, September Term, 1974PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
This appeal brings before us for the first time, and in the context of a civil action for compensatory and punitive damages, the nationwide phenomenon of “piracy” or “duplication” of musical recordings. 1
Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., and Atlantic Recording Corporation, appellees, are the owners of exclusive contracts with popular recording artists and are the manufacturers and distributors of tapes and records on which performances of such artists are recorded. Appellants are four corporations and cne individual who, in 1971 and 1972, without appellees’ consent, duplicated and sold more…
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