Ediciones Musicales Y Representaciones Internacionales, S.A. v. San Martin

ORDER GRANTING, IN PART, THE DEFENDANT EMUSICA ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.’S MOTION TO DISMISS

JAMES LAWRENCE KING, District Judge.

THIS CAUSE comes before the Court upon the Defendant Emusica Entertainment Group, Inc.’s (“Emusica”) Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs Amended Complaint and Incorporated Memorandum of Law (D.E. # 15), filed April 18, 2008. This Motion has been fully briefed.

I.BACKGROUND

The instant action arises from a musical work (i.e., “De un Rancho a Otro Rancho”) (“the Work”) created by a Mexican composer (i.e., Jesus Nila Aguirre) (“the Composer”) in 1968. (Amended Complaint, ¶ 15).…