Legal Opinion
Fantasy, Inc. v. Fogerty
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 2, 1993No. 88-15815, 88-15816, 89-15118, 89-15120PublishedCited by 578 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge:
BACKGROUND
In 1970 appellant John Fogerty, a popular musician and songwriter, wrote a song entitled “Run Through the Jungle” (“Jungle”). Fogerty sold the exclusive publishing rights to the song to Fantasy, Inc.’s predecessors-in-interest, Cireco Music and Galaxy Records, in exchange for a sales percentage and other royalties derived from the song’s exploitation. Cireco and Galaxy obtained a copyright on “Jungle,” which Fantasy subsequently obtained by assignment.
In 1985 Fogerty published a song entitled “The Old Man Down the Road” (“Old Man”), registered a copyright,…
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