CBS has amped up the fight over sound recordings made prior to 1972 with a rare win in California.

A federal judge in the Central District of California granted summary judgment on Monday in a case brought by four recording companies asserting rights over 174 sample song recordings, including “All I Have To Do Is Dream” by the Everly Brothers and Mahalia Jackson’s “Go Tell It on the Mountain.” The suit claims that CBS Corp. and CBS Radio Inc., which operates radio.com, have been illegally playing the song recordings without a license in violation of California law.

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