Chadly

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JUSTINE CHADLY, Plaintiff, No. C 24-01096 WHA

v.

MUSIC TOGETHER, LLC, ORDER RE MOTION FOR LEAVE

TO ADD THOMAS FOOTE AS A

Defendant.

PARTY

16 INTRODUCTION In this copyright and contract action, a purported copyright owner moves to add a purported co-author as a party. For reasons below, the motion is denied. STATEMENT 1. THE BACKGROUND. Defendant/counter-plaintiff Music Together, LLC, licenses children’s music-education content and related trademarks to teachers. Plaintiff/counter-defendant Justine Chadly is one such children’s music educator and composer. Starting in the 2000s, Chadly licensed content from Music Together LLC and built a franchise business, or Music Together Center, around it (Compl. ¶¶ 7–8, 19; Counterclaims ¶¶ 7–8). In the 2010s, Chadly authored or co-authored four works of children’s music that were later incorporated into Music…