Legal Opinion
Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. Justin Combs Publishing
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 17, 2007No. 06-6294PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs, Bridgeport Music, Inc., and Westbound Records, Inc., owned the copyright to the Ohio Players’ song, “Singing in the Morning.” Defendant music publishers 1 released the Notorious B.I.G. album Ready to Die, the title song of which contained an unlicensed sample of “Singing in the Morning.” After plaintiffs brought suit against defendants for copyright infringement, a jury found in favor of plaintiffs and awarded compensatory and punitive damages. Bridgeport elected statutory damages under the federal Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq., and received…
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