Legal Opinion

Freeplay Music, LLC v. Gibson Brands, Inc.

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided July 18, 2016No. 16 Civ. 1457 (VM)PublishedCited by 55 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DECISION AND ORDER

VICTOR MARRERO, United States District Judge

Freeplay Music, LLC (“Freeplay”) brings this action against Gibson Brands, Inc. (“Gibson”) for copyright infringement. (See Dkt. No. 1.) In its complaint, Free-play alleges that Gibson exploited, without a license, five copyrighted sound recordings and compositions available on Free-play’s website by incorporating them into videos, posted, on forty-nine websites, for Gibson’s own products. (“Complaint,” id. at !•).

By letter dated June 21, 2016 (“June 21 Letter”), Gibson requested a pre-motion conference regarding its contemplated…

2Cases cited5 opinions

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