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BRIDGEPORT MUSIC, INC. v. WB MUSIC CORP.

No. 06-5546.

508 F.3d 394 (2007)

BRIDGEPORT MUSIC, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, Westbound Records, Inc., et al., Plaintiffs, v. WB MUSIC CORP., et al., Defendants, Universal-MCA Music Publishing, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 21, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Richard S. Busch, King & Ballow, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Russell J. Frackman, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, Los Angeles, California, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Richard S. Busch, King & Ballow, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Russell J. Frackman, Marc E. Mayer, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, Los Angeles, California, Philip M. Kirkpatrick, Stewart, Estes & Donnell, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Before MARTIN, GIBBONS, and SUTTON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Bridgeport Music, Inc. ("Bridgeport") appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant-appellee Universal-MCA Music Publishing ("Universal") in this copyright infringement case alleging that Universal interpolated the lyrics to the recording Pumpin' It Up in the recording Change Gone Come. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the district court...

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