unauthorized-copying

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-384 Moreh J. Buchanan v. Sony Music Entertainment Inc., et al. District of Columbia 2021-09-09 Denied Response Waived access access-evidence copyright-infringement demonstration-songs dissemination entertainment-lawyer intellectual-property music-industry unauthorized-copying will-smith Petitioner is a songwriter, music publisher, singer /rapper, artist/composer that wrote, produced and recorded 5 in particular original demo/demonstra…
19-894 Michael Yamashita, et al. v. Scholastic Inc. Second Circuit 2020-01-17 Denied circuit-split copyright-infringement copyright-ownership feist-publication feist-publications pleading-standard prima-facie-case second-circuit seventh-circuit third-circuit unauthorized-copying Did the Second Circuit err in holding that a complaint for copyright infringement must be dismissed unless it alleges particular facts showing "1) whi…