Legal Opinion
Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Georgia Rib Co.
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided May 21, 2014No. CIVIL ACTION FILE NUMBER 1:13-cv-1299-TCBPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Timothy C. Batten, Sr., United States District Judge
This copyright-infringement case comes before the Court on Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment [23].
I. Background
Plaintiff Broadcast Music, Inc. is a performing rights society that sells licenses to publicly play musical compositions on behalf of the copyright owners, including Plaintiffs Stone Diamond Music Corp., Paul Simon Music, and Night Garden Music. To that end, BMI sells the licenses to third parties so that they can lawfully perform copyrighted songs in public.
Defendant Georgia Rib Company1 is a barbecue restaurant in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Fogerty v. Fantasy, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1994
- FindWhat Investor Group v. FindWhat. ComCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2011
- Milene Music, Inc. v. GotaucoDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1982
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- McElroy v. Courtney Ajinca Events LLCDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 2021
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