Legal Opinion
Zomba Enterprises, Inc. v. Panorama Records, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 26, 2007No. 06-5013, 06-5266PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.
From Japan to the United States and beyond, karaoke is wildly popular. Countless people have lined up at various venues to perform their favorite songs with, and in front of, their friends. But few participants (with the possible exception of IP lawyers) ever stop to consider the intellectual property regime governing karaoke.
Panorama Records, Inc. (“Panorama”), a purveyor of karaoke discs, resembles the majority of these participants. It entered the business of recording and selling karaoke discs without considering whether doing so infringed the…
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