Legal Opinion
Moore v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 14, 1992No. 91-2844PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.
Derrick D. Moore, a 28-year old, self-taught, Minneapolis songwriter and musician, composed a song he entitled “She Can’t Stand It” in March, April, and early May 1989. With hopes of gaining a contract, Moore decided to submit the song to MCA Records. On March 22, 1989, Moore’s agent, James Selmer, delivered two cassette tapes to Cheryl Dickerson, then MCA’s Director of Artists and Repertoire, Black Artists Division, in Los Ange-les. One of the tapes contained the instrumental version of “She Can’t Stand It.” Dickerson asked Selmer to send her a final version of…
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