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STEELE v. RICIGLIANO

Civil Action No. 10-11458-NMG.

789 F.Supp.2d 245 (2011)

Samuel Bartley STEELE, Plaintiff, v. Anthony RICIGLIANO, Bob Bowman, Boston Red Sox Baseball Club Limited Partnership, Brett Langefels, Craig Barry, Donato Music Services, Inc., Fenway Sports Group a/k/a FSG f/k/a New England Sports Enterprises LLC, Jack Rovner, Jay Rourke, John Bongiovi, individually and d/b/a Bon Jovi Publishing, John W. Henry, Lawrence Lucchino, Major League Baseball Advanced Media, L.P., Major League Baseball Properties, Inc., a/k/a and/or d/b/a Major League Baseball Productions, Mark Shimmel, individually and d/b/a Mark Shimmel Music, Mike Dee, New England Sports Enterprises LLC f/d/b/a Fenway Sports Group f/a/k/a FSG, Richard Sambora, individually and d/b/a Aggressive Music, Sam Kennedy, Thomas C. Werner, Time Warner, Inc., Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., Turner Sports Inc., Turner Studios, Inc., Vector Management LLC, f/k/a and/or a/k/a and/or successor in interest to Vector Management, William Falcon, individually and d/b/a Pretty Blue Songs, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

May 18, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher A.D. Hunt , The Hunt Law Firm LLC, Hopedale, MA, for Plaintiff.

Christopher G. Clark , Matthew J. Matule , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Michael R. Hackett , Proskauer Rose, LLP, Boston, MA, Kenneth A. Plevan , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York, NY, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

NATHANIEL M. GORTON, District Judge.

Plaintiff Samuel Bartley Steele ("Steele") brings this case against numerous defendants for copyright infringement. He claims that a song he wrote about the Boston Red Sox ("the Steele Song") was unlawfully copied and used to create a promotion for post-season baseball telecasts ("the TBS Promo"). This is the third such lawsuit brought by Steele and will be referred to as "Steele III". In...

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