Newsome v. Brown

SUMMARY ORDER

Plaintiff-Appellant Betty Newsome appeals from a final order entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Thomas P. Griesa, Judge), granting summary judgment to the defendants-appellees James Brown; Dynatone Publishing Co. (“Dynatone”), Brown’s publisher; and Warner/Chappell Music, the successor in-right to Dynatone. We assume the parties’ familiarity with the relevant facts, procedural history, and specification of issues.

We affirm the ruling of the District Court. Count I of the complaint alleges that the recording of Brown’s performance of…