Stephen Colbert's Unauthorized Use of Peanuts Music Resolved with Charitable Donation
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Jon Blistein
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Stephen Colbert played Vince Guaraldi's Peanuts music without permission on the final episode of The Late Show, leading to a licensing agreement between CBS and Lee Mendelson Film Productions, Inc. (LMFP). Rather than a legal dispute, the matter was resolved amicably, with LMFP donating the proceeds from the agreement to the World Central Kitchen charity.
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CBS has agreed to a licensing agreement, which will be donated to charity, after Stephen Colbert purposefully played one of Vince Guaraldi's famous Peanuts tunes on the final episode of The Late Show without permission.
LMFP will donate the proceeds from the agreement to the World Central Kitchen, the non-profit
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