Indiana Copyright Litigation Update – BMI v. C & R Restaurants

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BMI, C & R, Copyright Infringement, Denise K. LaRue, EMI, Peter Prettyman, Taft, Tanya Walton Pratt

Indiana Copyright Litigation Update – Broadcast Music Inc. et al v. C & R Restaurants LLC et al

Another BMI case. Another restaurant making an unauthorized public performance of musical compositions. This time BMI is after Casler’s Kitchen and Bar of Fishers, Indiana for playing just three songs ( I Want You to Want Me, Jessie’s Girl and Mr. Jones).

Court Case Number: 1:12-cv-00181-TWP-DKL
File Date: Friday, February 10, 2012
Plaintiff: Broadcast Music Inc., Adult Music, Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc., Universal-Songs of Polygram International, Inc., EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Counting Crows LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Peter J. Prettyman of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Defendant: C & R Restaurants LLC, Enrique Fonseca
Cause: Copyright Infringement
Court: Southern District of Indiana
Judge: Judge Tanya Walton Pratt
Referred To: Magistrate Judge Denise K. LaRue

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