Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. Dimension Films

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT

No. 02-6521

BRIDGEPORT MUSIC, INC.; WESTBOUND RECORDS, INC.,

Plaintiffs-Appellants,

SOUTHFIELD MUSIC, INC.; NINE RECORDS, INC.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

DIMENSION FILMS; MIRAMAX FILM CORP., Defendants,

NO LIMIT FILMS LLC,

Defendant-Appellee.

No. 03-5738

BRIDGEPORT MUSIC, INC.; SOUTHFIELD MUSIC, INC.; NINE RECORDS, INC.,

Plaintiffs-Appellants,

WESTBOUND RECORDS, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

DIMENSION FILMS, et al.,

Defendants,

NO LIMIT FILMS LLC,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Middle District of Tennessee at Nashville.

No. 01-00412—Thomas A. Higgins, District Judge.

Argued: March 28, 2005

Decided and Filed: June 3, 2005

[Citation: 410 F.3d 792 (6th Cir. 2005)]

ARGUED: Richard S. Busch, KING & BALLOW, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellants. Robert L. Sullivan, LOEB & LOEB, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Richard S. Busch, D’Lesli M. Davis, KING & BALLOW, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellants. Robert L. Sullivan, John C. Beiter, LOEB & LOEB, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee. Marjorie Heins, BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE AT NYU SCHOOL OF LAW, New York, New York, Paul M. Smith, JENNER & BLOCK, Washington, D.C., Fred von Lohmann, ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION, San Francisco, California, Todd M. Gascon, LAW OFFICE OF TODD GASCON, San Francisco, California, for Amici Curiae.

Before: GUY and GILMAN, Circuit Judges; BARZILAY, Judge.