FLO & EDDIE, INC. v. SIRIUS XM RADIO, INC.

No. 17-55844.

9 F.4th 1167 (2021)

FLO & EDDIE, INC., a California corporation, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SIRIUS XM RADIO, INC., a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 23, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anton Metlitsky (argued), O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, New York; Jonathan D. Hacker , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, D.C.; Daniel M. Petrocelli , Cassandra L. Seto , and Patrick S. McNally , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Defendant-Appellant.

Kalpana Srinivasan (argued), Steven G. Sklaver , and Rohit D. Nath , Susman Godfrey LLP, Los Angeles, California; Stephen E. Morrissey and Rachel S. Black , Susman Godfrey LLP, Seattle, Washington; Henry D. Goldstein and Maryann Rose Marzano , Gradstein & Marzano P.C., Los Angeles, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Joseph C. Gratz , Durie Tangri LLP, San Francisco, California; Prof. Tyler T. Ochoa , Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, California; for Amici Curiae Copyright and Intellectual Property Law Professors.

Stephen B. Kinnaird , Paul Hastings LLP, Washington, D.C.; Richard Kaplan , Jerianne Timmerman , and Bijou Mgbojikwe , National Association of Broadcasters, Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae National Association of Broadcasters.

Russell J. Frackman and Hilary E. Feybush , Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Amicus Curiae Recording Industry Association of America.

Before: Richard C. Tallman, Consuelo M. Callahan, and Kenneth K. Lee, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

When an AM/FM radio station plays a song over the air, it does not pay public performance royalties to the owner of the original sound recording. In contrast, digital and satellite radio providers like Sirius XM must pay public performance royalties whenever they broadcast post-1972 music. But until Congress...

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