United States Ninth Circuit

In a suit by music companies that owned song copyrights against the corporate owner of a restaurant at which the songs were played without license and its sole officer and director, the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the music companies is affirmed, where: 1) the complaint contained an adequate statement of the claim of vicarious infringement; 2) there was sufficient evidence of infringement; 3) the district court properly held that the defendants were jointly and severally liable for the infringement; and 4) the district court did not abuse its discretion in awarding fees and costs to the music companies.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/16/2012
• Published 02/16/2012

Judges

• Paez

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sharon Douglass Mayo, Aaron T. Borrowman