April Productions, Inc. v. Strand Enterprises, Inc., Nat Harris, Louis E. Walters and Ben Yost

DIMOCK, District Judge.

April Productions, Inc., appellant, is the copyright owner of the musical production, “The Student Prince.” Appellee Strand Enterprises, Inc., was licensee under an American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers “small rights” license and owned a nightclub called “The Harem”. Appellee Harris was an executive officer of Strand and manager of “The Harem”. Appellee Yost was the leader of a choral group called “Ben Yost and His Royal Guardsmen”. The songs of “The Student Prince” are in the ASCAP repertoire. Appellant concedes that, whatever the breadth of ASCAP’s…