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JONES v. VIRGIN RECORDS, LTD.

No. 84 Civ. 5907 (MJL).

643 F.Supp. 1153 (1986)

Jimmy JONES and Otis Blackwell, Plaintiffs, v. VIRGIN RECORDS, LTD., Epic Records, a division of CBS, Inc., Virgin Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Tamerlane Music, a division of Warner Communications, Inc., and CBS Catalogue Partnership, Defendants.

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

As Amended April 26, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Feinman & Krasilovsky by Andrew J. Feinman, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Fischbach, Mahoney, Fischbach & Weiner by Probstein & Napolitano, New York City, for defendants Virgin Records Ltd. and Virgin Music Publishers Ltd.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

LOWE, District Judge.

This copyright infringement action involves two of the most popular songs in recent years. The plaintiffs are the composers of the song "Handyman." They seek injunctive relief, actual damages, profits and reasonable attorney's fees and costs for the alleged infringement of the copyright in "Handyman" by marketing of the defendant's song "Karma Chameleon."

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