United States First Circuit

Summary judgment for defendants in plaintiff's action alleging copyright infringement and contract claims concerning seven songs ultimately released on an album distributed by the defendants is affirmed, where: 1) there was a lack of evidence as to whether the copies plaintiffs submitted to the Copyright Office met all of the requirements for deposit copies and the Copyright Office had not yet taken a position on whether it had received all of the required materials for registration; 2) plaintiff Rivera fails to specify a specific contract between Rivera and the UMG defendants, and plaintiffs' third party beneficiary claims also fail; and 3) the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying plaintiffs' motions for transfer and additional discovery.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/07/2014
• Published 03/07/2014

Judges

• HOWARD

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel