Legal Opinion
Gershwin Publishing Corporation v. Columbia Artists Management, Inc., and Community Concerts, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 24, 1971No. 606, Docket 35260PublishedCited by 305 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) brought this copyright infringement action against Columbia Artists Management, Inc. (CAMI) to determine whether CAMI is liable for and can be compelled to pay license fees when musical compositions in the ASCAP repertory are performed at concerts sponsored by local community concert associations promoted by CAMI. In this test litigation CAMI concedes that on January 9, 1965 concert artists managed by it performed “Bess, You Is My Woman Now” publicly for profit at a concert sponsored by the Port…
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