BROADCAST MUSIC, INC. v. MEADOWLAKE, LTD.

No. 13-3933.

754 F.3d 353 (2014)

BROADCAST MUSIC, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MEADOWLAKE, LTD., et al., Defendants, Roy E. Barr, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

June 6, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Robert E. Chudakoff , Ulmer & Berne LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellees. Roy E. Barr, Canton, Ohio, pro se.

Before: BOGGS, SUTTON and WHITE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

A restaurant played live and recorded music without permission of the copyright holders. At stake is whether the Copyright Act imposes vicarious liability on the owners of the restaurant for the infringement.

Roy Barr and his son Philip own Meadowlake, a limited liability company that runs Rafters Bar and Grill, a golf-course restaurant in Canton, Ohio. Roy owns 95% of...

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