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The owner of the music for \u201cPeanuts\u201d TV specials has filed lawsuits against the federal government and a video publisher for using music similar to iconic Vince Guaraldi compositions without proper licensing, news outlets report.<\/p>\n

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Lee Mendelson Film Productions last Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the Interior Department accusing the agency of using Guaraldi\u2019s arrangement of \u201cO Tannenbaum\u201d from \u201cA Charlie Brown Christmas\u201d in a digital holiday card posted on social media without permission.<\/p>\n

The company also sued video game publisher GameMill Entertainment over the Nintendo Switch puzzle game \u201cSnoopy & the Great Mystery Club.\u201d The lawsuit alleges the game contains music similar to Guaraldi\u2019s compositions without authorization.<\/p>\n

GameMill reportedly licensed the \u201cPeanuts\u201d characters for the game but not Guaraldi\u2019s musical compositions, which are owned separately by Lee Mendelson Film Productions.<\/p>\n

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Lee Mendelson Film Productions also sued Heritage Auctions and Buckle-Down Inc., accusing them of illegally using Guaraldi\u2019s music in social media posts without permission.<\/p>\n

Damages are estimated to exceed $300,000.<\/p>\n

Lee Mendelson Film Productions of Burlingame, California, was founded by and is named for the producer who collaborated with \u201cPeanuts\u201d creator Charles Schulz and director Bill Melendez to create the TV specials based on Schulz\u2019s comic strip, starting with 1965\u2019s \u201cA Charlie Brown Christmas.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mendelson, who died in 2019, hired the jazz pianist Guaraldi to provide the mellow, often melancholy music, including \u201cChristmas Time Is Here\u201d and \u201cLinus and Lucy,\u201d The Associated Press reported.<\/p>\n

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