Legal Opinion
Oyewole v. Ora
District Court, S.D. Illinois
Decided March 7, 2018No. 16–CV–1912 (AJN)PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALISON J. NATHAN, District Judge:
Plaintiff Abiodun Oyewole alleges copyright infringement by Defendants. Defendants Kobalt Music Ltd. ("Kobalt Music)" and Downtown Music Publishing LLC ("Downtown Music") move to dismiss for insufficient process and insufficient service of process. Twelve of the other Defendants move to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim. For the reasons that follow, the motions are granted.
I. BACKGROUND
a. The Original Work: "When the Revolution Comes"
Oyewole is a founding member of the spoken-word group The Last Poets. In that role, Oyewole created the song…
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