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ROGER MILLER MUSIC, INC. v. SONY/ATV PUB., LLC

No. 10-5363.

672 F.3d 434 (2012)

ROGER MILLER MUSIC, INC.; Mary A. Miller, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SONY/ATV PUBLISHING, LLC, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 22, 2012.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 27, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Barry I. Slotnick , Loeb & Loeb LLP, New York, New York, for Appellant. John J. Griffin, Jr. , Kay Griffin Enkema & Colbert, PLLC, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Barry I. Slotnick , Jonathan N. Strauss , Shelly Elimelekh , Loeb & Loeb LLP, New York, New York, Robert L. Sullivan , Loeb & Loeb LLP, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. John J. Griffin, Jr. , Kay Griffin Enkema & Colbert, PLLC, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellees.

Before: MOORE and ROGERS, Circuit Judges; HOOD, District Judge.

OPINION

KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-Appellant Sony/ATV Publishing, LLC ("Sony") appeals the district court's judgment in favor of Plaintiffs-Appellees Mary Miller and Roger Miller Music, Inc. (collectively, "RMMI") on their copyright infringement claim and the award of $903,349.17 in damages. Because the Copyright Act makes clear that the renewal copyright vested with Roger Miller, and thus with Sony as his assignee, we REVERSE the district...

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