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Article: ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER LOSES ROUND IN BATTLE OVER ALLEGEDLY STOLEN SONG.(Entertainment)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- December 5, 1996
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In the latest round of a legal battle that has become something of a curiosity in the entertainment world, a federal judge has denied a claim by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber that Ray Repp, an obscure American composer of liturgical music, had stolen a song from his 1969 musical, ``Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.''
Judge Shirley Kram ruled Tuesday that although there were some similarities between Lloyd Webber's song ``Close Every Door'' and Repp's 1978 composition ``Till You,'' they were not sufficient to justify Lloyd Webber's claim of copyright infringement.
``Although the songs share some musical devices,'' Kram wrote, ``such as rising ...
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Article: J. BAKER NET JUMPS 30.1% IN 2ND QUARTER; CASUAL MALE, REPP ...
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... ... Baker Inc., the owner of Casual Male and Repp Big & Tall stores, reported earnings ... Casual Male division, which also includes Repp. Alan I. Weinstein, president and CEO ... gratifying as they were achieved integrating the Repp operations into our Big & Tall business ...
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