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9 September 2020CopyrightRory O'Neill

Four Seasons story is not under copyright, court rules

The musical “Jersey Boys” doesn’t infringe the copyright for the autobiography of Four Seasons guitarist Tommy DeVito, a US court ruled yesterday, September 8.

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