Legal Opinion
Freeplay Music, Inc. v. Cox Radio, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 12, 2005No. 04 Civ. 5238(GEL)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
LYNCH, District Judge.
Plaintiff Freeplay Music, Inc. (“Free-play”) holds copyrights in certain musical compositions and sound recordings. In this action for copyright infringement, as explained in the Court’s prior opinion denying defendants’ motion to dismiss, plaintiff contends that defendants, owners of certain radio stations (“Broadcasters”), .violated its “synchronization rights” by producing and broadcasting commercials or other programming that reproduced Free-play’s copyrighted materials on a single recording with other materials. See Free-play Music, Inc. v. Cox…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. TasiniSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Michael L. Agee, D/B/A L & H Records v. Paramount Communications, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
- Buffalo Broadcasting Company, Inc. v. American Society Of Composers, Authors And PublishersCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Freeplay Music, Inc. v. Cox Radio, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 2005
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