Legal Opinion
Curet-Velazquez v. Acemla De Puerto Rico, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 29, 2011No. 10-1587PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal concerns a copyright infringement claim involving four songs that Puerto Rican composer Catalino “Tite” Curet-Alonso (“Tite Curet”) authored. Appellees Hilda Curet-Velázquez, Eduardo Curet-Velázquez and Hilda Velázquez-Coto (collectively, the “Curet Heirs”) filed a complaint against the appellants, ACEMLA de Puerto Rico, Inc. (“ACEMLA”) and Latin American Music Co., Inc. (“LAM-CO”), alleging copyright infringement under the Copyright Act of 1976, as amended, 17 U.S.C. § 101, et seq. The complaint also included Puerto Rico law claims for, inter alia, breach…
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