Legal Opinion
Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Prana Hospitality, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 21, 2016No. 15 Civ. 1987 (PAE)PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION & ORDER
PAUL A. ENGELMAYER, District Judge:
Plaintiffs Broadcast Music, Inc. (“BMI”), MJ Publishing Trust, Beechwood Music Corporation, and Sony/ATV Latin Music Publishing LLC bring this action for copyright infringement against defendants Pra-na Hospitality, Inc. (“Prana”), Rajiv Shar-ma, and Payal Sharma. Plaintiffs claim that defendants, the owners of a New York City restaurant/bar, violated the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq., and willfully infringed their copyrights, by publicly performing three of plaintiffs’ copyrighted musical compositions without authorization.
Plaintiffs…
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