LESSEM v. TAYLOR

No. 07 Civ. 10601(LLS).

766 F.Supp.2d 504 (2011)

Ryan LESSEM and Douglas Johnson, Plaintiffs, v. Jayceon Terrell TAYLOR p/k/a the Game, UMG Recordings, Inc., Universal Music Group, Inc., Interscope Records, Inc., Universal Music Corp., Warner Chappell Music, Inc., Music of Windswept, Black Wall Street Records, LLC, and Black Wall Street Publishing, LLC, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

February 3, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Philip Adelman , Meister Seelig & Fein LLP, Oren J. Warshavsky , Baker & Hostetler LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs.

Christine Lepera , SNR Denton US LLP, Jeffrey M. Movit , Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, Mark A. Samuel , Mark A. Samuel, P.C., New York, NY, for Defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

LOUIS L. STANTON, District Judge.

Three summary judgment motions are before me in this copyright infringement action.

Plaintiffs Ryan Lessem1 and Douglas Johnson move for summary judgment that defendants' song "How We Do" infringes their copyrighted song "Elevator".

Defendants Windswept Holdings, LLC, d/b/a Music of Windswept, UMG Recordings, Inc...

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