News Summary

• The owner of the music of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and other "Peanuts" television specials filed four lawsuits.
• Lee Mendelson Film Productions filed the suits in federal courts in New York and Washington, D.C.
• The defendants also include a video game company, an auction house and a belt-maker.
• One lawsuit argues the Interior Department did not have permission to use Guaraldi's arrangement of "O Tannenbaum" in a digital holiday card posted to social media.