Legal Opinion
EMI Mills Music, Inc. v. Empress Hotel, Inc.
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided September 20, 2006No. CIV. 03-1940(RLA)PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
ACOSTA, District Judge.
This is an action for copyright infringement under the United States copyright laws, 17 U.S.C. §§ 101, et seq. In their complaint, plaintiffs Emi Mills Music, Inc., Universal-Polygram International Publishing, Inc., Dreamworks Songs, Billy Stray-horn Songs, Inc. and Universal Studios, Inc. (“Plaintiffs” or “Copyright Owners”) alleged that defendants, Empress Hotel, Inc. and Mr. Carl Palermo (collectively “Defendants”), infringed Plaintiffs’ copyrights in four songs through their unauthorized public performance in defendants’ premises (the “Empress…
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