David Pancost Jackson, Jr. v. Hoyt Axton, Dba Lady Jane Music Rondor Music International, Inc., David Pancost Jackson, Jr. v. Hoyt Axton, Dba Lady Jane Music Rondor Music International, Inc.

25 F.3d 884 62 USLW 2775 , 1994 Copr.L.Dec. P 27,275 , 31 U.S.P.Q.2d 1037 David Pancost JACKSON, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Hoyt AXTON, dba Lady Jane Music; Rondor Music International, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. David Pancost JACKSON, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hoyt AXTON, dba Lady Jane Music; Rondor Music International, Inc., Defendants-Appellants. Nos. 92-56580, 93-55423. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 6, 1994. Decided June 6, 1994. Evan S. Cohen and S. Martin Keleti, Cohen and Luckenbacher, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiff-appellant-plaintiff-appellee. Russell J. Frackman and Jeffrey D. Goldman, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, Los Angeles, CA, for defendants-appellees-defendants-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before: HUG, WIGGINS, and NOONAN, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge WIGGINS. WIGGINS, Circuit Judge: I. 1 "Joy to the World" (the "Song") was composed in 1970. 1 One day that year, Hoyt Axton rented a studio in order to record a demo tape of his solo musical work. He hired a band. David P. Jackson, Jr. was to play piano. The group recorded four or five Axton…