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Tweets – Decisions Released on Dec. 8, 2009

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Copyright Ownership
Fifth Circuit
Jordan v. Sony BMG Music Entertainment Inc.
2008-20835
USDC SD Texas

Was the district court correct to grant summary judgment dismissing a copyright co-ownership and infringement lawsuit in view of defendant’s recordation of a written transfer which had provided plaintiff with constructive notice as to defendant’s claim of sole ownership in the sound recordings “8 Rulez,” “Haters Still Mad,” and “We Ain’t Scared” despite plaintiff’s acknowledged contributions to the underlying musical compositions?

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Tweets-Decisions Released on November 4, 2009

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Copyright Infringement
Sixth Circuit
Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. UMG Recordings, Inc.
2007-5596
USDC MD Tennessee

Was fragmented literal similarity and thus copying determinable as a matter of law, and was a jury which had found willful copyright infringement and awarded statutory damages properly instructed regarding the questions of willfulness and the tributary fair use defense, where defendants merely had used the phrase “bow wow wow, yippie yo, yippie yea” as well as repeated the word “dog” in a low tone of voice at regular intervals along with the sound of rhythmic panting on defendants’ hip hop song “D.O.G. in Me” and these salient elements appear in plaintiffs’ original funk composition and recording musical work “Atomic Dog”?

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