Fact #9503
When:
Short story:
Supreme Records Incorporated and Black And White Record
Distributors Inc. lose a legal action in the United States District Court S. D.
California, Central Division, Los Angeles, California, USA, against
Decca
Records Inc., alleging unfair competition by appropriating the musical arrangement of the song A Little Bird Told
Me. The song was originally recorded by Paula
Watson for Supreme Records, then done as a cover version by
Evelyn
Knight And The Stardusters for Decca. Judge Yankwich decides
that Decca did not infringe any copyright.
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