International Talent Group, Inc. v. Copyright Management, Inc.

OPINION

LEWIS, Judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiff, International Talent Group, Ltd. (ITG), from the Chancellor’s vacating an arbitration award to it in the amount of $76,400 by the extent it exceeded “the amount of license fees paid to [defendant], Copyright Management, Inc. (CMI).”

The pertinent facts are as follows:

ITG is a booking agency which books concert tours for performing artists, mainly rock musicians.

CMI administers music publishing copyrights and collects publishing and mechanical royalties. CM Systems, a division of CMI, markets CMI services as a consultant on computer systems…