Legal Opinion
Vargas v. Transeau
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 9, 2007No. 04 Civ.9772 WHPPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
PAULEY, District Judge.
Ralph Vargas (“Vargas”) and Bland-Ricky Roberts (“Roberts”) (collectively, the “Plaintiffs”) bring this copyright infringement action against East West Communications, Inc. (“East West”) and Brian Transeau (“Transeau”) (collectively, the “Defendants”). 1 Plaintiffs allege that Defendants’ sound recording titled “Aparthe-nonia” is a copy of Plaintiffs’ musical composition and recording titled “Bust Dat Groove Without Ride” (“BDG”). Defendants move for summary judgment, contending that Plaintiffs cannot demonstrate that Transeau had access to BDG. For…
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