Legal Opinion
Steele v. Bongiovi
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided May 17, 2011No. Civil Action 10-11218-NMGPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
GORTON, District Judge.
Plaintiff Samuel Bartley Steele (“Steele”) brings this case against numerous defendants for unlawful removal or alteration of copyright management information in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), 17 U.S.C. §§ 1202(b), (c) and 1203. This is the second lawsuit brought by Steele relating to his copyright of a song he wrote about the Boston Red Sox and will be referred to as “Steele II”.
I. Factual Background
In a previous case, Steele brought claims for copyright infringement against some of the same defendants. Steele v. Turner…
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