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- BUSINESS, Page 59Business NotesLITIGATIONVictory for A Video Voice
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- "Is that all there is?" singer Peggy Lee crooned in one of
- her biggest hits. Well, no. A Los Angeles jury last week
- awarded Lee at least $2.3 million of the profits Walt Disney
- Co. has racked up on video cassettes of its 1955 classic, Lady
- and the Tramp. Lee, 70, who sang four parts and co-wrote six
- songs for the animated film, sought $50 million under a
- contract that barred Disney from making "transcriptions" of her
- work without her consent. Lee had received just $3,500 for her
- contributions to the film.
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- Other vocal talents are rushing to claim a share of the
- video profits from Disney cartoons. Ilene Woods Shaughnessy
- (Cinderella) filed a $20 million suit in December, and opera
- singer Mary Costa (The Sleeping Beauty) has filed suit for $2
- million. Look -- and listen -- for more performers to follow.
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