BRIDGEPORT MUSIC, INC. v. RHYME SYNDICATE MUSIC

Nos. 03-5005, 03-5744.

376 F.3d 615 (2004)

BRIDGEPORT MUSIC, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, Southfield Music, Inc.; Westbound Records, Inc.; Nine Records, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. RHYME SYNDICATE MUSIC; Universal-Polygram International Publishing, Inc., individually and as successor to Polygram International Publishing, Inc.; Carrumba Music; Ammo Dump Music, Defendants-Appellees, WB Music Corp.; Warner-Chappell Music, Inc.; Rhyme Syndicate Records, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed July 22, 2004.

Rehearing Denied August 30, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Busch (argued and briefed), D'Lesli M. Davis (briefed), Jeannine Huber, King & Ballow, Nashville, TN, for Plaintiffs-Appellants in Nos. 03-5005, 03-5744.

Philip M. Kirkpatrick (briefed), Stewart, Estes & Donnell, Nashville, TN, Russell J. Frackman (argued and briefed), Jeffrey D. Goldman (briefed), Marc E. Mayer (briefed), Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants-Appellees in Nos. 03-5005, 03-5744.

Before: GUY and GILMAN, Circuit Judges; BARZILAY, Judge.


RALPH B. GUY, JR., J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which BARZILAY, J., joined. GILMAN, J. (p. 629), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

OPINION

RALPH B. GUY, JR., Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, Bridgeport Music, Inc., appeals from the district court's orders (1) granting summary judgment to defendant Universal-PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (UPIP), on Bridgeport's copyright infringement claims; ...

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