Legal Opinion
Slep-Tone Entertainment Corp. v. Wired for Sound Karaoke & Dj Services, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 18, 2017No. 14-17229PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Karaoke is a “form of entertainment, originating in Japan, in which a person sings the vocal line of a popular song to the accompaniment of a pre-recorded backing tape, and the voice is electronically amplified through the loudspeaker system for the audience.” OED Online (Dec. 2016), http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/ 243613, Plaintiff Slep-Tone Entertainment Corporation 1 produces karaoke music tracks. The tracks are marketed under the trademark “Sound Choice.” Plaintiff releases them on compact discs encoded in a format known as "CD-G,” which accompanies karaoke music with graphics,…
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