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JEFFERSON AIRPLANE v. BERKELEY SYSTEMS, INC.

No. C 94-2114 FMS.

886 F.Supp. 713 (1994)

The JEFFERSON AIRPLANE and Afterthought Productions, Inc. dba Grunt Records, Plaintiffs, v. BERKELEY SYSTEMS, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

October 4, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph B. Anderson, Tiburon, CA, for plaintiffs.

Mark Steiner, Marc M. Gorelnik, Townsend & Townsend Khourie & Crew, San Francisco, CA, for defendant.

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS

FERN M. SMITH, District Judge.

ISSUES

The issue raised by this motion is whether, under the 1971 Sound Recording Amendment to the Copyright Act of 1909, the registration of a copyright over a sound recording encompasses the artwork on the album cover.

BACKGROUND

The Jefferson Airplane is a world famous musical group that was at the center of the rock music scene of the late sixties...

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