Legal Opinion
Tempest Publishing, Inc. v. Hacienda Records & Recording Studio, Inc.
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided October 21, 2015No. Civil Action No. H-12-736PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
LEE H. ROSENTHAL, District Judge.
Tempest Publishing, Inc., sued Hacienda Records and Recording Studio, Inc., Hacienda Records, L.P., and Latin American Entertainment, LLC (together, “Hacienda”), alleging infringement of the copyrights to four songs under the federal Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq. The court granted Hacienda’s motion for partial summary judgment, dismissing Tempest’s claims to two of the songs, Bus-cando un Cariño and Morenita de Ojos Negros. (Docket Entry No. 103). The court held a bench trial on the remaining two songs, Mi Amor es Tuyo and Somos…
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