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DIGITAL MUSIC NEWS LLC v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B242700.

226 Cal.App.4th 216 (2014)

DIGITAL MUSIC NEWS LLC, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; ESCAPE MEDIA GROUP, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

May 14, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McKenna Long & Aldridge, Charles A. Bird ; Public Citizen Litigation Group, Paul Alan Levy ; and Micah Gabriel Katz for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

McPherson Rane, Edwin F. McPherson , Pierre B. Pine ; Rosenberg & Giger and John J. Rosenberg for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

CHANEY, J. —

Escape Media Group (Escape) operates an Internet service called Grooveshark through which users may upload and retrieve digital music files. UMG Recordings, Inc., owns an extensive music catalog that includes songs by such artists as Buddy Holly, The Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye, and The Who. In 2010, UMG sued Escape in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, alleging Escape infringed on copyrights afforded by New York...

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