Cite as 667 F.Supp. 120 (S.D.N.Y. 1987)
Frankfurt, Garbus Klein & Selz, P.C., New York City, for plaintiff; Richard Kurnit, Jay Wishingrad, Robert Kraus, Maura Wogan, of counsel.
Jan F. Constantine, Richard M. Constantine, New York City, for defendants.
LEVAL, District Judge.
This is an action for copyright infringement brought to enjoin a new, as yet unpublished, biography of the composer Igor Stravinsky written by John Kobler. The book is entitled Firebird, A Biography of Igor Stravinsky (“Firebird”). A motion for a preliminary injunction, which was heard on an expedited basis, seeks to stay the distribution of Firebird, pending final adjudication. The motion for a preliminary injunction is granted.
The plaintiff is Robert Craft. For the last twenty years of Stravinsky’s life, Craft
