Legal Opinion
Range Road Music, Inc. v. East Coast Foods, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 16, 2012No. 10-55691, 10-55800PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAEZ, Circuit Judge:
East Coast Foods, Inc. (East Coast) and Herbert Hudson appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment to PlaintiffsAppellees (collectively, the “Music Companies”) for eight counts of copyright infringement, as well as the district court’s award of attorney’s fees and costs to the Music Companies. We affirm.
I. Background
The Music Companies own the copyrights to the eight songs at issue in this appeal, and are members of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). ASCAP is a “performing rights society,” a nonprofit organization that…
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