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BROADCAST MUSIC, INC. v. BOOTLEGGER'S 4, L.L.C.

No. 2:14-CV-04201-NKL.

BROADCAST MUSIC, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. BOOTLEGGER'S 4, L.L.C., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Missouri, Central Division.

December 5, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Broadcast Music, Inc., Plaintiff, represented by Andrew D Welker , Guilfoil, Petzall & Shoemake.

Universal - Songs of Polygram International, Inc., Plaintiff, represented by Andrew D Welker , Guilfoil, Petzall & Shoemake.

Bocephus Music, Inc, Plaintiff, represented by Andrew D Welker , Guilfoil, Petzall & Shoemake.

Peermusic III Ltd., Plaintiff, represented by Andrew D Welker , Guilfoil, Petzall & Shoemake.

Concord Music Group, Plaintiff, represented by Andrew D Welker , Guilfoil, Petzall & Shoemake.

Rondor Music International, Inc., Plaintiff, represented by Andrew D Welker , Guilfoil, Petzall & Shoemake.

EMI Virgin Songs, Inc., Plaintiff, represented by Andrew D Welker , Guilfoil, Petzall & Shoemake.

Muscle Shoals Sound Publishing Co., Plaintiff, represented by Andrew D Welker , Guilfoil, Petzall & Shoemake.

EMI Virgin Songs, Inc., Plaintiff, represented by Andrew D Welker , Guilfoil, Petzall & Shoemake.

MJ Publishing Trust, Plaintiff, represented by Andrew D Welker , Guilfoil, Petzall & Shoemake.

Painted Desert Music Corporation, Plaintiff, represented by Andrew D Welker , Guilfoil, Petzall & Shoemake.

Sony/ATV Songs L.L.C., Plaintiff, represented by Andrew D Welker , Guilfoil, Petzall & Shoemake.

Bootlegger's 4, L.L.C., Defendant, represented by Brian K. Asberry , Neale & Newman, L.L.P..

Gary Tompkins, Defendant, represented by Brian K. Asberry , Neale & Newman, L.L.P..

Jeremy Gorham, Defendant, represented by Brian K. Asberry , Neale & Newman, L.L.P..

ORDER

NANETTE K. LAUGHREY, District Judge.

Defendants Bootlegger's 4, L.L.C., Gary Tompkins, and Jeremy Gorham's motion to dismiss, [Doc. 14], is denied.

I. Background

The Plaintiffs' suit is for copyright infringement under the U.S. Copyright Act 1976, as amended, 17 U.S.C. §§101, et seq. Plaintiff BMI licenses the public performance rights for musical compositions in its repertoire, including those of the other Plaintiffs...

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