Case: Copyrights/Summary Judgment (9th Cir.)

The Ninth Circuit affirmed in part and dismissed in part the decision of a federal district court in California granting summary judgment to Sony Music Entertainment and two individuals in an individual’s sound recording and musical composition copyright infringement action based on his beat track, “Shawty So Cold.” The individual claimed that the platinum-selling hip-hop song “Exchange” copies key parts of “Shawty So Cold.” The appeals court said it has jurisdiction over the appeal of his sound recording copyright infringement claim and the denial of his motion for reconsideration, but that it lacks jurisdiction over the appeal of his musical ...