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DAMIANO v. SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

Civ. A. No. 95-4795(JBS).

975 F.Supp. 623 (1996)

James DAMIANO, Plaintiff, v. SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, INC., and Bob Dylan, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

Opinion Denying Reconsideration August 20, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven M. Kramer,* Steven M. Kramer & Associates, New York City, for Plaintiff.

Steven D. Johnson, Hecker, Brown, Sherry & Johnson, Haddonfield, NJ, Stephen M. Hayes, Orin Snyder, Parcher, Hayes & Liebman, New York City, for Defendants.

OPINION

SIMANDLE, District Judge.

Plaintiff brings this copyright infringement action accompanied by several federal and state claims all arising out of the alleged theft of plaintiff's lyrics and music by Sony recording artist Bob Dylan. Presently before the court is defendants' motion for summary judgment. For the reasons stated below, the motion will be granted in favor of defendants.

I. Background

Plaintiff's complaint...

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