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DAVIS v. BLIGE

Docket No. 05-6844-cv.

505 F.3d 90 (2007)

Sharice DAVIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mary J. BLIGE, Bruce Miller, Ronald Lawrence, Kwame Holland, Dana Stinson, Ausar Music, Mary J. Blige Publishing, Bruce Miller Publishing, Kwame Holland Publishing, Mary J. Blige Music, Dayna S. Day Publishing, Warner-Tamerlane Music Publishing Corp., Universal Music Group, Inc., Universal Studios, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, Universal-MCA Music Publishing, Universal Music & Video Distribution Corp., Andmca Records, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: October 5, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J.J. Scarola (Alexander Zubatov, on the brief), Scarola Ellis LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jonathan D. Davis, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees Mary J. Blige and Mary J. Blige Music.

Cynthia S. Arato, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Dana Stinson, and Dayna's Day Publishing.

Andrew H. Bart, Jenner & Block LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees Universal Music Group, Inc., Universal Studios, Inc., Universal Music Publishing, Inc., Universal-MCA Music Publishing, a division of Universal Studios, Inc., Universal Music & Video Distribution Corp., and MCA Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

Gregory J. Watford, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees Ronald Lawrence and Ausar Music Publishing, Ltd.

George T. Gilbert, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Bruce Miller.

Before: WINTER and CABRANES, Circuit Judges, and KORMAN, District Judge.

JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:

The question presented, one of first impression in the courts of appeals, is whether an action for infringement by one co-author of a song can be defeated by a "retroactive" transfer of copyright ownership from another co-author to an alleged infringer. This action arises under the current statute governing copyright law, the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq. ("the Copyright Act"), because "the complaint...

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