LATIN AMER. MUSIC CO., INC. v. ARCH., SAN JUAN, CATH. CHURCH

No. 05-2806.

499 F.3d 32 (2007)

LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC CO., INC. and Asociación de Compositores y Editores de Música Latinomericana, Plaintiffs, Appellants, Turabo Radio Corp., et al., Plaintiffs, Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees v. THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN JUAN OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC & APOSTOLIC CHURCH, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 16, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane Becker Whitaker, with whom Law Offices of Jane Becker Whitaker, and Angel N. Caro, were on brief, for appellants.

Richard H. Reimer, with whom Diego A. Ramos, Fiddler González & Rodriguez, PSC, Stephen S. Young, and Holland & Knight, LLP, were on brief for appellee American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

Barry I. Slotnick, with whom Jacques Rimokh, Loeb & Loeb, LLP and Adsuar Muñiz Goyco & Besosa, PSC, were on brief for appellees, Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc., et al.

Before LIPEZ, Circuit Judge, SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge, and DICLERICO, JR., District Judge.


DICLERICO, District Judge.

Latin American Music Company ("LAMCO") and Asociación de Compositores y Editores de Música Latino Americana ("ACEMLA") brought suit in 1996, alleging that the Archdiocese of San Juan of the Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church, through its two radio stations, along with ten other radio broadcasters, were infringing their copyrights in fifty-one songs.1 The case then expanded to include other claims and...

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