Ray Straughter et al v. Concord Music et al Doc. 290

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3 JS-6 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ERNEST STRAUGHTER, JAMAL Case No. 5:19-cv-01360-JFW-SHKx 11 STRAUGHTER, RAY STRAUGHTER, & ERNRAY MUSIC, Hon. John F. Walter 12 Plaintiffs, Final Judgment 13 vs. 14 CONCORD MUSIC GROUP, INC.; 15 FANTASY RECORDS, PRESTIGE RECORDS BPG RECORDS, ACE 16 RECORDS, CYPRESS HILL, SENEN REYES, LAWRENCE MUGGERUD, 17 LEWIS FREESE, RUFFHOUSE RECORDS, COLUMBIA RECORDS, 18 SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, UMG PUBLISHING, INC., BMG 19 PUBLISHING, INC., LEGACY RECORDS, MCA PUBLISHING, INC., 20 & UMG COMMERCIAL SERVICES, INC., 21 Defendants. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Case No. 5:19-CV-01360-JFW-SHK Final Judgment

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1 WHEREAS, on October 13, 2020, this Court GRANTED the Motion for 2 Summary Judgment of defendants Sony Music Entertainment, including its divisions 3 Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, erroneously sued as Sony Music 4 Entertainment, Inc., Columbia Records, and Legacy Records; Universal Music Corp., 5 erroneously sued as UMG Publishing, Inc. and MCA Publishing, Inc., and Universal 6 Music – MGB NA LLC, erroneously sued as BMG Publishing, Inc.; Cypress Hill, 7 Senen Reyes, Lawrence Muggerud, and Louis Freese (erroneously sued as “Lewis 8 Freese”) (the “Moving Defendants”) against Plaintiffs Ray Straughter, Ernest 9 Straughter, and Jamal Straughter (“Plaintiffs”) [Dkt. No. 209], and 10 WHEREAS, on October 13, 2020, this Court GRANTED the Motion For 11 Partial Summary Judgment by Defendant Concord Music Group, Inc., dba Fantasy 12 Records and dba Prestige Records, and UMG Commercial Services, Inc. (the 13 “Concord Defendants”) against Plaintiffs on their claims to ownership interests in the 14 sound recordings titled “The Beautiful and Omnipresent Love” and “People Moving,” 15 [Dkt. No. 210] and 16 WHEREAS, on January 8, 2021, this Court GRANTED the Motion For 17 Summary Judgment by Defendant Concord Music Group, Inc/, dba Fantasy Records 18 and dba Prestige Records against Plaintiffs on their claims of copyright infringement 19 and ordered that any remaining Defendants and any remaining claims be 20 DISMISSED, [Dkt. No. 286] 21 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that final 22 judgment is entered in favor of Sony Music Entertainment, including its divisions 23 Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, erroneously sued as Sony Music 24 Entertainment, Inc., Columbia Records, and Legacy Records; Universal Music Corp., 25 erroneously sued as UMG Publishing, Inc. and MCA Publishing, Inc., and Universal 26 Music – MGB NA LLC, erroneously sued as BMG Publishing, Inc.; Cypress Hill, 27 Senen Reyes, Lawrence Muggerud, and Louis Freese (erroneously sued as “Lewis 28 Freese”), Concord Music Group, Inc., dba Fantasy Records and dba Prestige Records,

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1 and UMG Commercial Services, Inc. as to all the claims in the Second Amended 2 Complaint, which are hereby dismissed. 3 IT IS SO ORDERED. 4 5 DATED: January 14, 2021 6 The Honorable John F. Walter United States District Court Judge 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

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