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NEWTON v. DIAMOND

No. 02-55983.

349 F.3d 591 (2003)

James W. NEWTON, Jr., dba Janew Music, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael DIAMOND; Adam Horowitz; Adam Yauch, dba Beastie Boys; Capitol Records, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; Grand Royal Records, Inc., A California Corporation; Universal Polygram International Publishing, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; Brooklyn Dust Music, an entity of unknown origin; Mario Caldato, Jr., an individual; Janus Films, LLC, a New York Limited Liability Company; Criterion Collection, a California Partnership; Voyager Publishing Company, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; Sony Music Entertainment Group, a Delaware Corporation; BMG Direct Marketing, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; The Columbia House Company, an entity of unknown origin, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 4, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Korn, Law Offices of Alan Korn, Berkeley, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Adam F. Streisand and David C. Nelson, Loeb & Loeb, LLP, and Barry E. Mallen, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Los Angeles, California, for the defendants-appellees.

Todd M. Gascon (argued), Law Offices of Todd M. Gascon, and Sarah Sevier Farnbach, Phillips & Erlewin, LLP, San Francisco, California, for the amici curiae Philip Glass, et al, in support of plaintiff-appellant.

David M. Given and Sarah Sevier Farnbach, Phillips, Erlewine & Given, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for the amici curiae DJ Shadow, et al., in support of defendants-appellees.

Before: Mary M. SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, David R. THOMPSON, and Susan P. GRABER, Circuit Judges.

Argued and Submitted April 7, 2003 — Pasadena, California.

Opinion by Chief Judge SCHROEDER. Dissent by Judge GRABER.

OPINION

SCHROEDER, Chief Judge:

This appeal raises the difficult and important issue of whether the incorporation of a short segment of a musical recording into a new musical recording, i.e., the practice of "sampling," requires a license to use both the performance and the composition of the original recording. The...

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