LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC CO. v. ASCAP.

No. 08-1498.

593 F.3d 95 (2010)

LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC COMPANY, d/b/a Asociación de Compositores y Editores de Música Latinoamericana (ACEMLA); Asociación de Compositores y Editores de Música Latinoamericana (ACEMLA), Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 29, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mauricio Hernandez Arroyo, with whom the Law Offices of Mauricio Hernandez Arroyo, was on brief, for appellants.

Richard H. Reimer, with whom Diego A. Ramos, Fiddler Gonzáles & Rodriguez, PSC, Stephen S. Young, and Holland & Knight LLP, were on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, BALDOCK and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

This dispute involves rights to a single song, "Caballo Viejo."1 The appellants are the Latin American Music Company ("LAMCO") and the Asociación de Compositores y Editores de Música Latino Americana ("ACEMLA").2 The appellee is the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers ("ASCAP"). After a trial, a jury found that the rights belonged to ASCAP. This determination...

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