Marcus GRAY, pka Flame; Emanuel Lambert; Chike Ojukwu, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
Katheryn Elizabeth HUDSON, pka Katy Perry; Jordan Houston, pka Juicy J; Lukasz Gottwald, pka Dr. Luke; Sarah Theresa Hudson; Karl Martin Sandberg, pka Max Martin; Henry Russell Walter, pka Cirkut; Kasz Money, Inc.; Capitol Records, LLC; WB Music Corp.; Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.
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Argued and Submitted January 11, 2022 Pasadena, California.
Filed March 10, 2022.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Michael A. Kahn (argued), Capes Sokol, Clayton, Missouri, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Vincent H. Chieffo (argued), Greenberg Traurig LLP, California, for Defendant-Appellee Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson.
John G. Snow , King Holmes Paterno & Soriano LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendant-Appellee Jordan Houston.
Eugene Volokh , Los Angeles, California, for Amici Curiae Recording Industry Association of America Inc., and National Music Publishers' Association.
Anjani Mandavia and David L. Burg , Mandavia Ephraim & Burg LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Amicus Curiae Motion Picture Association Inc.
Kenneth D. Freundlich , Freundlich Law, Encino, California, for Amicus Curiae Musicologists.
Edwin F. McPherson , McPherson LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Amici Curiae 110 Individual Songwriters, Composers, Musicians, Producers, Music Publishers, and Other Music Industry Professionals; Nashville Songwriters Association International; and Music Artists Coalition.
Before: RICHARD R. CLIFTON, MILAN D. SMITH, JR., and PAUL J. WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
OPINION
M. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs Marcus Gray (pka Flame), Emanuel Lambert, and Chike Ojukwu are Christian hip-hop artists who have sued Katheryn Hudson (pka Katy Perry), Capitol Records LLC, and several other defendants for copyright infringement. They claim that a repeating instrumental figure —in musical terms, an ostinato...
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