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EMI Lawsuit Will Not Silence Musical Words of TV Commercial
BOSTON–Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos and Spalding Sports Worldwide recently scored a victory in U.S. District Count in New York when a judge ruled their television effort did not violate the rights of record company EMI.
In a suit filed in November, EMI Catalogue Partnership alleged that a Spalding commercial inspired by the Louis Prima composition “Sing Sing Sing (With a Swing)” infringed on their ownership of that song.
In its presentation to Spalding for work touting Top-Flite golf clubs, Hill, Holliday suggested licensing “Sing Sing Sing” popularized in the big band era by Benny Goodman.
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