United States Ninth Circuit
ABS Entertainment, Inc. v. CBS Corp., 16-55917
Reinstated claims for violation of California law copyrights possessed in certain musical performance sound recordings. The plaintiff copyright holders argued that their decision to remaster their pre-1972 analog sound recordings onto digital formats did not bring the remastered sound recordings exclusively under the ambit of federal law. Agreeing with the plaintiffs that their state law copyright claims were not preempted, the Ninth Circuit reversed the entry of summary judgment for the defendant radio broadcasters.
Appellate Information
- Decided
- Published 2018/08/20
Judges
- Linn
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit