Legal Opinion
Digital Music News LLC v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 14, 2014No. B242700PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CHANEY, J.
Escape Media Group (Escape) operates an Internet service called Grooveshark through which users may upload and retrieve digital music files. UMG Recordings, Inc., owns an extensive music catalog that includes songs by such artists as Buddy Holly, The Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye, and The Who. In 2010, UMG sued Escape in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, alleging Escape infringed on copyrights afforded by New York common law by reproducing user-uploaded, copyrighted sound recordings, storing them on its servers, and distributing copies to other users, to its own profit.…
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