Legal Opinion
Davis v. Blige
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 5, 2007No. Docket 05-6844-cvPublishedCited by 156 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:
The question presented, one of first impression in the courts of appeals, is whether an action for infringement by one coauthor of a song can be defeated by a “retroactive” transfer of copyright ownership from another co-author to an alleged infringer. This action arises under the current statute governing copyright law, the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq. (“the Copyright Act”), because “the complaint is [in part] for a remedy expressly granted by [the Copyright Act], e.g., a suit for infringement ..., [and] asserts a claim requiring…
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