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Opinions of the United
2004 Decisions                                                                                                             States Court of Appeals
                                                                                                                              for the Third Circuit

6-2-2004

Cottrill v. Spears
Precedential or Non-Precedential: Non-Precedential

Docket No. 03-2717

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"Cottrill v. Spears" (2004). 2004 Decisions. Paper 630.
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                        UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                             FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

                                        No. 03-2717

                                MICHAEL COTTRILL;
                             LAWRENCE E. WNUKOWSKI,

                                                    Appellants

                                               v.

                               BRITNEY SPEARS;
                        ZOMBA RECORDING CORPORATION,
                            ZOMBA ENTERPRISES, INC.,
                              ZOMBA SONGS, INC.;
                                 JIVE RECORDS;
                         WRIGHT ENTERTAINMENT GROUP;
                          BMG MUSIC PUBLISHING, INC.

                      On Appeal from the United States District Court
                         for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
                               (D.C. Civil No. 02-cv-03646)
                        District Judge: Honorable Berle M. Schiller

              Before: BARRY, SMITH and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges.

                                           ORDER

       Appellant’s petition for panel rehearing asserted that there was an error in footnote

2 of the not precedential opinion entered on January 30, 2004. After consideration of

appellant’s petition and the record, it is hereby
      ORDERED that the January 30, 2004 Not Precedential Opinion is AMENDED.

The text of footnote 2 on page 3 of the January 30, 2004 Not Precedential Opinion shall

be stricken and replaced with the following language:

      Plaintiffs suggest in their brief that Kahn heard an earlier version of What
      You See when Cottrill played it on the piano prior to the lyrics being
      recorded. However, as the District Court explained, Cottrill testified in his
      deposition that the early versions have “nothing to technically do with” the
      copyrighted version at issue here. We agree with the District Court’s
      statement that “Plaintiff Contrill admitted at his deposition that [the earlier]
      version was not the same as the song at issue in this action.” We, therefore,
      do not address the possibility of access to an earlier instrumental version.

                                                 By the Court:

                                                    /s/ D. Brooks Smith
                                                 Circuit Judge

Dated: 2 June 2004