Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. WB Music Corp.

OPINION

JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Bridgeport Music, Inc. (“Bridgeport”) appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant-appellee Universal-MCA Music Publishing (“Universal”) in this copyright infringement case alleging that Universal interpolated the lyrics to the recording Pumpin’ It Up in the recording Change Gone Come. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Universal.

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Pumpin’ It Up was composed by the P-Funk All Stars: Gary Shider, Linda Shi-der, Barbarella Bishop, and…