Warren

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS

In his first amended complaint, plaintiff Richard Warren alleges that defendants Fox Family Worldwide (“Fox”), MTM Productions, the Christian Broadcasting Network (“CBN”) and Princess Cruises have infringed copyrights in music he composed for the television series “Remington Steele.” Warren asserts that he is the beneficial owner of the copyrights, which Fox, MTM and CBN have infringed either by selling broadcast rights to, or broadcasting, episodes of the series without accounting for and paying royalties to him. Warren similarly contends that Princess Cruises infringed the copyrights by broadcasting episodes of the series on close-circuit television in 1998 and 1999. In addition to a claim for copyright infringement and a request that the copyrights be assigned irrevocably to him, Warren pleads state law claims for breach of contract, fraud, conversion, unjust enrichment, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, unfair competition, and an accounting.

On September 13, 2001, Fox and CBN filed a motion to dismiss Warren’s amended complaint. Citing Rules 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6) of the…