Roger Miller Music, Inc. v. Sony/atv Publishing, LLC

OPINION

KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-Appellant Sony/ATV Publishing, LLC (“Sony”) appeals the district court’s judgment in favor of Plaintiffs-Appellees Mary Miller and Roger Miller Music, Inc. (collectively, “RMMI”) on their copyright infringement claim and the award of $903,349.17 in damages. Because the Copyright Act makes clear that the renewal copyright vested with Roger Miller, and thus with Sony as his assignee, we REVERSE the district court’s judgment and REMAND with instructions to enter judgment in favor of Sony.

I. BACKGROUND

Famed singer and songwriter Roger Miller,…