Legal Opinion
Buchanan v. Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 26, 2020No. Civil Action No. 2018-3028Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) MOREH J. BUCHANAN, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 18-cv-3028 (KBJ) ) SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, ) et. al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION Pro se plaintiff Moreh J. Buchanan has filed the instant lawsuit against four record companies and one movie studio under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 501. (See Compl., ECF No. 1, at 14–17.) 1 Buchanan alleges that he distributed four original songs to Defendants Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group Corp., UMG Recordings, Inc., and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (collectively, “the…
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