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NEWTON v. DIAMOND

No. CV 00-4909 NM(MANx).

204 F.Supp.2d 1244 (2002)

James W. NEWTON, Jr. dba Janew Music, Plaintiff, v. Michael DIAMOND, et al., Defendants

United States District Court, C.D. California.

May 21, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Alan Berchenko, Berchenko & Korn, San Francisco, CA, Alan Michael Korn, Alan M. Korn Law Offices, San Francisco, CA, for James W. Newton, Jr dba Janew Music.

Adam F. Streisand, Daniel J. Friedman, Joseph Geisman, Loeb & Loeb, Los Angeles, CA, for Michael Diamond, Adam Horowitz, Adam Yauch dba Beastie Boys, Capitol Records Inc, Grand Royal Records Inc, Universal Polygram International Publishing Inc, Brooklyn Dust Music, an entity of unknown origin, Mario Caldato, Jr.

Adam F. Streisand, Loeb & Loeb, Los Angeles, CA, Jeffrey D. Ullman, Ullman Furhman Broeman & Platt, Morristown, NJ, for Janus Films, LLC, Criterion Collection, Voyager Publishing Company Inc.

Barry E. Mallen, Manatt Phelps & Phillips, Los Angeles, CA, Steven M Hayes, David R. Baum, Parcher Hayes & Snyder, New York, NY, for Sony Music Ent Inc, BMG Direct Marking Inc., the Columbia House Company, an entity of unknown origin.

ORDER

MANELLA, District Judge.

1) GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

2) DENYING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

I. INTRODUCTION

The Beastie Boys, an alternative rock and hip-hop band, and their business associates ("Defendants") sampled a six-second, three-note sequence of a flute composition composed and performed by James W. Newton, Jr. ("Plaintiff"). Plaintiff...

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