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VENEGAS-HERNANDEZ v. ASOCIACION

Nos. 04-1934, 04-1935.

424 F.3d 50 (2005)

María VENEGAS-HERNÁNDEZ; Guillermo Venegas-Hernández; Rafael Venegas-Hernández; Yeramar Venegas-Velázquez; Guillermo Venegas-Lloveras, Inc., Plaintiffs, Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. ASOCIACIÓ;N DE COMPOSITORES y EDITORES DE MÚSICA LATINOAMERICANA (ACEMLA); Latin American Music Company, Inc. (LAMCO), Defendants, Appellees/Cross-Appellants. v. Peer; Peer International Corporation; Southern Music Company; Luis Raúl Bernard; José L. Lacomba; Lucy Chávez-Butler, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 16, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heath W. Hoglund for plaintiffs, appellants/cross-appellees.

Jane Becker Whitaker with whom Ángel N. Caro was on brief for defendants, appellees/cross-appellants.

Barry I. Slotnick with whom Jacques M. Rimokh, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Francisco A. Besosa and Adsular Muniz Goyco & Besosa P.S.C. were on brief for defendants, appellees Peer, Peer International Corporation and Southern Music Company.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

BOUDIN, Chief Judge.

These consolidated appeals concern both disputes over ownership of interests in certain musical copyrights and claims of infringement against various entities. The musical compositions are those of Guillermo Venegas-Lloveras ("GVL"), a well-known Puerto Rican composer who died in 1993. Because multiple issues are presented, we begin with an overview of background events and pertinent proceedings, reserving details for the discussion of individual...

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