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WILCHOMBE v. TEEVEE TOONS, INC.

No. 07-13195.

555 F.3d 949 (2009)

Redwin WILCHOMBE, Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee, v. TEEVEE TOONS, INC., d.b.a. TVT Records, BME Records, LLC, Jonathan Smith, a.k.a. Lil Jon, Wendell Neal, a.k.a. Lil Bo, Sammie Norris, a.k.a. Big Sam, Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 21, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Edwards, II, W. Fred Orr, II, Orr & Edwards, Decatur, GA, Charles A. Mathis, Jr., The Mathis Firm, Phaedra C. Parks, The Parks Group, P.C., Atlanta, GA, for Wilchombe.

Michael Victor Coleman, Lord, Bissell & Brook, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants.

Before BIRCH and FAY, Circuit Judges, and HINKLE, District Judge.

BIRCH, Circuit Judge:

This is a copyright infringement case involving rap music. At issue is a song entitled "The Weedman," created by Plaintiff-Appellant Redwin Wilchcombe ("Wilchcombe"), and incorporated on an album entitled "Kings of Crunk" by Defendants-Appellees ("Appellees").1 The district court dismissed Wilchcombe's claim for breach of fiduciary duty pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) because his amended complaint...

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