Space Jam Theme Owners Resolve Copyright Suit Against Caesars

The copyright owners of the 1996 Space Jam theme song filed a motion to voluntarily dismiss a lawsuit against Caesars Entertainment Inc. over a social media video that featured that song.

Watson Music Group LLC had accused Caesars of posting a video with “a discernable excerpt of the Musical Work” on Harrah’s Philadelphia’s Facebook page without its permission and benefited from the “increased traffic” the song brought to the account. The complaint filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said Watson acquired the rights to the song from the authors in 2019. Watson, doing business ...