Legal Opinion
Torres-Negron v. J & N RECORDS, LLC
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 2, 2007No. 06-2058, 06-2059PublishedCited by 126 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
At the request of a friend who was looking for new material for his band to play, Fernando Torres-Negrón wrote the music and lyrics to a song, Noche de Fiesta, in 1993. Torres gave his friend the piece of paper on which he had written the lyrics, along with a cassette tape containing a recording of Torres singing the song. The song eventually ended up on three CDs, distributed both in Puerto Rico and the continental United States. When Torres first learned of the distribution and sales of his song in 2001, he submitted an application for copyright registration with the…
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