Legal Opinion
Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 6, 2015No. Civil Action No. 14-3089PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
JUAN R. SÁNCHEZ, District Judge.
Plaintiff Michael Skidmore, as trustee for the Randy Craig Wolfe Trust, brings claims for direct, contributory, and vicarious copyright infringement against the living members of the band Led Zeppelin (James Patrick “Jimmy” Page, Robert Plant, and John Paul Jones) and various music industry companies associated with Led Zeppelin. The corporate Defendants are (1) Super Hype Publishing, Inc., a *584publishing company owned and managed by Page that publishes the musical compositions of Led Zeppelin and Page; (2) Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., a global music…
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