Legal Opinion
Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Roger Miller Music, Inc., Shannon Miller Turner
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 1, 2005No. 02-5766PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGibbons, J., joined by Siler, J.,
DAUGHTREY, J. (pp. 783-84), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Broadcast Music Inc. (“BMI”) filed this interpleader action to determine what portion of the1 interpleaded funds it is required to pay to defendant-appellee Shannon Miller Turner and defendant-appellant Roger Miller Music, Inc.
*764(“RMMI”). The interpleaded funds consist of royalties generated from BMI’s licensing of certain songs written by country music legend Roger Miller. Turner, a daughter of Miller, is entitled to some of these royalties under the Copyright Act because the copyrights…
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