Legal Opinion
Venegas-Hernández v. Asociación De Compositores Y Editores De Música Latinoamericana
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 16, 2005No. 04-1934, 04-1935PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Chief Judge.
These consolidated appeals concern both disputes over ownership of interests in certain musical copyrights and claims of infringement against various entities. The musical compositions are those of Guillermo Venegas-Lloveras (“GVL”), a well-known Puerto Rican composer who died in 1993. Because multiple issues are presented, we begin with an overview of background events and pertinent proceedings, reserving details for the discussion of individual claims.
GVL wrote, and obtained copyrights under the Copyright Act for, a large number of compositions. Under the statute, a…
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