It wasn't until a Web site carrying confidential deposition transcripts had recorded more than a million "hits" that attorneys for Bob Dylan and Sony Records caught on to the problem. Dylan and his record company were unsuccessfully sued by a New Jersey man who alleged Dylan stole lyrics from him. A confidentiality order for discovery material was granted after the defendants argued James Damiano sought to commercially exploit his allegations against Dylan. But, Damiano posted the transcripts anyway.
November 09, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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It wasn’t until a Web site carrying confidential deposition transcripts had recorded more than a million “hits” that attorneys for Bob Dylan and Sony Records caught on to the fact that there was a problem.
Mr. Dylan and his record company had been unsuccessfully sued by a New Jersey man who alleged that Mr. Dylan had stolen lyrics from him. Damiano v. Sony Music Entertainment Inc. and Bob Dylan, 975 F. Supp. 623 (1996).
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