BRIDGEPORT MUSIC, INC. v. UMG RECORDINGS, INC.

No. 07-5596.

585 F.3d 267 (2009)

BRIDGEPORT MUSIC, INC., and Southfield Music, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UMG RECORDINGS, INC., and Universal Music Investments, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 4, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jeffrey D. Goldman, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Appellants. Richard S. Busch, King & Ballow, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Jeffrey D. Goldman, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp LLP, Los Angeles, California, Philip M. Kirkpatrick, Dickinson Wright, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellants. Richard S. Busch, King & Ballow, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellees.

Before: DAUGHTREY, COOK, and FARRIS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

MARTHA CRAIG DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judge.

This copyright-infringement case is "one of several hundred filed by [Bridgeport Music, Inc., and Southfield Music, Inc.] against entities and/or individuals associated with the `rap' or `hip-hop' music industry," seeking declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, and damages from some 800 defendants for copyright infringement under the federal copyright statute...

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