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MARVIN WORTH PRODUCTIONS v. SUPERIOR FILMS CORP.

No. 70 Civ. 3558.

319 F.Supp. 1269 (1970)

MARVIN WORTH PRODUCTIONS, Douglas International Corporation and Sally Marr, individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Lenny Bruce, Plaintiffs, v. SUPERIOR FILMS CORPORATION, Herbert S. Altman and Budco Distributing Corp., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

September 30, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schwartz & Frohlich, New York City, for plaintiffs; Michael S. Fawer, John L. Amabile, Jeffrey A. Moross, New York City, of counsel.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, for defendants; Marshall C. Berger, New York City, of counsel.

LASKER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, suing under 17 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., move for a preliminary injunction restraining the defendants from producing, publicizing or distributing a film containing material which allegedly infringes their copyrights. The copyrights apply to two books by and about the late night club entertainer and social critic Lenny Bruce ("Bruce"). The first, "How to Talk Dirty and Influence People," describes itself as an autobiography of Bruce...

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