Legal Opinion
Elsmere Music, Inc. v. National Broadcasting Company
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 9, 1980No. 1180, Docket 80-7145PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Per curiam
This copyright infringement suit concerns a skit, shown on the television program “Saturday Night Live,” poking fun at New York City’s public relations campaign and its theme song. In the four-minute skit the town fathers of Sodom discuss a plan to improve their city’s image. The satire ends with the singing of “I Love Sodom” to the tune of “I Love New York.” The District Court for the Southern District of New York (Gerard L. Goettel, Judge) rejected appellant’s claim of copyright infringement, concluding that the parody was protected fair use. Believing that, in today’s world of often…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Elsmere Music, Inc. v. National Broadcasting Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1980
- Columbia Pictures Corp. v. National Broadcasting Co.District Court, S.D. California · 1955
3Cited by69 opinions
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- MCA, Inc. v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- Anheuser-Busch, Inc. v. L & L Wings, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1992
- Suntrust Bank, as Trustee of the Stephen Mitchell Trusts F.B.O. Eugene Muse Mitchell and Joseph Reynolds Mitchell v. Houghton Mifflin CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2001
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