Mary Poppins

(1964)   Tags: Disney

Life Music, Inc. v. Wonderland Music Company

The complaint alleges copyright infringement of plaintiffs’ song “SUPERCALAFAJALISTICKESPEEALADOJUS” by defendants’ song “SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS.”

The individual plaintiffs claim to be the composers of the allegedly infringed song; plaintiff Life Music, Inc., is the assignee and distributor of plaintiffs’ song. The allegedly infringing song was composed by defendants Richard and Robert Sherman. The song is sung by defendant Julie Andrews in the popular motion picture “Mary Poppins” produced by defendant Walt Disney Productions.

Plaintiffs seek a preliminary injunction “restraining defendants from in anyway performing, copying, using or playing the [allegedly infringing] musical composition.

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Judgment: The motion for a preliminary injunction is denied.