Big Bang Theory producers sued over use of Soft Kitty nursery rhyme

Daughters of New Hampshire teacher who wrote the 1930s ditty say sitcom makers used lyrics without their permission

The children of a New Hampshire teacher are suing the producers and broadcasters of the hit US sitcom The Big Bang Theory for its use of a nursery rhyme their late mother wrote in the 1930s.

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