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KAUFMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff moves for summary judgment in an action based upon defendants’ alleged infringement of copyright.

The alleged infringement consists in the manufacture by defendant Glensder Textile Corporation of silk scarves bearing a copy of plaintiff’s copyrighted reproduction of an oil painting made by Francesco Beda, entitled “The Entertainment”, the sale of such scarves by Glensder to the other defendants, and the resale thereof by them.

Both the complaint and the moving affidavit allege that during the process of reproducing the painting, plaintiff procured a copyright…