Legal Opinion
Jones v. Blige
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 9, 2009No. 07-1051, 07-1566PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COLE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-Appellants Leonard Jones and James E. White (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) sued Mary J. Blige, a singer, Asiah Lewis and Luchana M. Lodge, lyricists, and Uni versal-MCA Music Publishing, Inc. and Universal Music Group, Inc. (“Universal”) (collectively, “Defendants”) for copyright infringement. Plaintiffs claim that a song by Blige, “Family Affair,” infringed a song created by Plaintiffs, “Party Ain’t Crunk,” that Plaintiffs submitted to Universal on a demo compact disc (“CD”) prior to the release of Blige’s song. The district court granted summary judgment…
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