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BROWN v. ACMI POP DIV.

No. 1-06-0870.

873 N.E.2d 954 (2007)

James BROWN, The New James Brown Enterprises, Inc., and Jesus Muhammad-Ali, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ACMI POP DIVISION, a Division of Conquest Operator Services Corporation, Conquest Long Distance, B & L License, Inc., Dollar Bill Waller, Zero Hour Records, Frank Cicero, d/b/a Globe Posters, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

August 2, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago (Julie A. Bauer, Mary Patricia Benz and Matthew J. Sullivan, of counsel), for Appellant Corbis Corporation.

Cowan, Debaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP, New York, NY (Nancy E. Wolff, of counsel), for Appellant Corbis Corporation, Amicus Curiae for the Picture Archive Council of America, Inc.

Gold & Coulson, Chicago (William R. Coulson and Arthur S. Gold, of counsel), for Appellee.

Presiding Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an interlocutory appeal pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 308 (155 Ill.2d R. 308). Plaintiffs, singer and recording artist James Brown, The New James Brown Enterprises, Inc., and Jesus Muhammad-Ali, filed a complaint against defendant, the Corbis Corporation (Corbis),1 a company that licenses copyrights for stock photographs and images, seeking damages and other relief...

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