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ALICEA v. MACHETE MUSIC

No. 12-1548.

744 F.3d 773 (2014)

Angel Martinez ALICEA, p/k/a Ruf El Fantaztiko; Freddy Montalvo; Raul Rivera Roldan, p/k/a Thilo; Reynaldo Colon Vega, p/k/a Limits, Plaintiffs, Appellants, Jose Delgado, p/k/a Buk Dollar; Gerry Capo Hernandez, p/k/a Lionize, Plaintiffs, v. MACHETE MUSIC, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.; UMG Recordings, Inc., Defendants, Appellees, LT's Benjamin Records, Inc.; Francisco Saldana, p/k/a Luny; Victor Cabrera, p/k/a Tunes; Ramon Ayala, p/k/a Daddy Yankee; Los Cangris, Inc.; El Cartel Records, Inc., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

March 7, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Mech , with whom Law Offices of David A. Mech was on brief, for appellants.

Linda M. Burrow , with whom Alison Mackenzie , Caldwell Leslie & Proctor, PC, Daniel J. Cloherty , and Collora LLP were on brief, for appellees.

Before HOWARD, SELYA, and STAHL, Circuit Judges.

HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Over a century ago, Mark Twain lamented that "[o]nly one thing is impossible for God: to find any sense in any copyright law on the planet." Mark Twain, The Complete Works of Mark Twain: Mark Twain's Notebook 381 (Albert Bigelow Paine ed., 1935). We fear that Twain's deity would fare little better with the tangled skein of copyright and contractual claims presented by the plaintiffs in this case. Confining our inquiry to the arguments...

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