Legal Opinion
Jobim v. Songs of Universal, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 6, 2010No. 05 Civ. 3527(PAC), 06 Civ. 06407 (PAC)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and ORDER
PAUL A. CROTTY, District Judge:
In the 1960s, two popular Brazilian songwriters, Antonio Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes, authored Portuguese compositions (“Compositions”), including some world-famous songs, such as “The Girl from Ipanema” and “How Insensitive.” 1 To market the Compositions, Antonio Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes entered into a series of subpublishing agreements between 1962-1973 (the “Subpublishing Agreements”) with the predecessors-in-interest of Defendant Songs of Universal, Inc., (Songs of Universal, Inc. together with its predecessors-in-interest,…
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