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fallen noticeably. By contrast, in a subset market, there had been an inverse public response with respect to the sale of phonograph records. Recorded dance music, without vocal, sold well, mainly because the public preferred to pay an extra 20 or 25 cents to acquire a roll with the words, along with the melody, permitting its use for dancing (without the words) or vocalizing around the piano (with the words).
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market in the United States. Word rolls, essentially, were piano rolls with the lyrics printed in the margins. Consolidated held the word rights from published music that were printed on word rolls, and imposed a fee for use of those words on the rolls.
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licensing. Consolidated and the six remaining firms, all headquartered in New York City, were located within a few blocks of one another. Consolidated and its six corporate sponsors were defendants named in a
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involving the music publishing industry. The petition was a complaint about
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179:Edgar Franklin Bittner (1877–1939), president
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620:1920 disestablishments in New York (state)
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452:"Government Moves Against Publishers,"
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63:Henry Anderson Guiler (1877–1938),
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569:"Geo. H. Bliss Leaves Q R S Co."
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286:— between 5th & 6th Avenues
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139:was the first Sherman Antitrust
124:Assistant U.S. District Attorney
65:Assistant U.S. District Attorney
52:Consolidated Music Corporation,
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475:"Forster Out Of Consolidated,"
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416:George Edward Trafton
349:144 West 37th Street
305:218 West 47th Street
261:231 West 40th Street
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60:Counsel for plaintiff
283:62 West 45th Street
414:Bliss' son-in-law,
405:Larchmont, New York
373:Augustus Noble Hand
370:U.S. District Judge
231:Irving Berlin, Inc.
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572:Music Trade Review
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92:(1869–1954)
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71:Holding
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