Song Fi Inc. v. Google, Inc.

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS AND DENYING MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT

SAMUEL CONTI, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

I. INTRODUCTION

This case concerns the removal and relocation of a music video, “Luv ya Luv ya Luv ya” (or simply “Luv ya”), on Defendant YouTube’s1 video-sharing website. Plaintiffs Song fi, Inc., a music production company, N.G.B., a six-year old boy, his parents, Joseph Brotherton and Lisa Pel-legrino,’and the Rasta Rock Opera, a music group, worked together to conceive, record, and produce “Luv ya,” and post it on YouTube. Plaintiffs allege that when YouTube removed its…