Sailor Music v. IML CORP.

ORDER 1

JULIAN ABELE COOK, Jr., Chief Judge.

This case involves claims of infringement of copyrights and arises under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 501, et seq. The Plaintiffs are members of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (AS-CAP) 2 , to which they have granted a nonexclusive right to license non-dramatic public performances of their copyrighted musical compositions. The Defendant, IML Corporation (IML), is a Michigan corporation whose principal shareholders are the Defendants, Geraldine Bensmiller and Alfred R. Bensmiller.

In January 1990, IML opened “Marilyn’s on…