WE SHALL OVERCOME FOUNDATION v. THE RICHMOND ORGANIZATION, INC.

No. 16cv2725(DLC).

WE SHALL OVERCOME FOUNDATION and BUTLER FILMS, LLC, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. THE RICHMOND ORGANIZATION, INC. (TRO INC.) and LUDLOW MUSIC, INC., Defendants.

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

September 8, 2017.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 2201cp
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 2201cp Declaratory Judgment (Copyright)
Nature of Suit: 820 Copyright
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

We Shall Overcome Foundation, Plaintiff, represented by Mark C. Rifkin , Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP.

We Shall Overcome Foundation, Plaintiff, represented by Gloria Kui Melwani , Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP & Randall Scott Newman , Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz.

Butler Films, LLC, Plaintiff, represented by Mark C. Rifkin , Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP & Randall Scott Newman , Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz.

The Richmond Organization, Inc. (TRO Inc.), Defendant, represented by Paul V. LiCalsi , Robins Kaplan, LLP & Ofer Reger , Robins Kaplan LLP.

Ludlow Music, Inc., Defendant, represented by Paul V. LiCalsi , Robins Kaplan, LLP & Ofer Reger , Robins Kaplan LLP.


OPINION AND ORDER

The defendants The Richmond Organization, Inc. ("TRO") and its subsidiary and imprint Ludlow Music, Inc. ("Ludlow") (collectively, the "Defendants") possess two copyrights in the musical composition "We Shall Overcome" (the "Song" or the "Copyrighted Song"), registered as a derivative work...

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