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- <text id=91TT0684>
- <title>
- Apr. 01, 1991: Business Notes:Litigation
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
- Apr. 01, 1991 Law And Disorder
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- BUSINESS, Page 59
- Business Notes
- LITIGATION
- Victory for A Video Voice
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- <p> "Is that all there is?" singer Peggy Lee crooned in one of
- her biggest hits. Well, no. A Los Angeles jury last week
- awarded Lee at least $2.3 million of the profits Walt Disney
- Co. has racked up on video cassettes of its 1955 classic, Lady
- and the Tramp. Lee, 70, who sang four parts and co-wrote six
- songs for the animated film, sought $50 million under a
- contract that barred Disney from making "transcriptions" of her
- work without her consent. Lee had received just $3,500 for her
- contributions to the film.
- </p>
- <p> Other vocal talents are rushing to claim a share of the
- video profits from Disney cartoons. Ilene Woods Shaughnessy
- (Cinderella) filed a $20 million suit in December, and opera
- singer Mary Costa (The Sleeping Beauty) has filed suit for $2
- million. Look--and listen--for more performers to follow.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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