Legal Opinion
Brilliance Audio, Inc. v. Haights Cross Communications, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 26, 2007No. 05-1209PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENNEDY, J. (p. 374-75), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
OPINION
JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Brilliance Audio (“Brilliance”) appeals from the district court’s dismissal of its claims for copyright and trademark infringement under Fed. R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). This case presents a question that has not been considered by this or any other court — whether the record rental exception to copyright’s first sale doctrine, codified at 17 U.S.C. § 109(b)(1)(A), applies to all sound recordings, or only sound recordings of musical works.…
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