Threshold Media Corp. v. Relativity Media, LLC
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Gee, J.
ORDER RE DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND/OR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT
This matter is before the Court on Defendants’ motion for summary judgment and partial summary judgment. The Court held a hearing on January 13, 2012. Having duly considered the respective positions of the parties, as presented in their briefs and at oral argument, the Court now renders its decision. For the reasons set forth below, Defendants’ motion is GRANTED.
I.
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On December 3, 2010, Plaintiff Threshold Media Corp. filed the operative complaint against Defendants Relativity Media, LLC, Relativity Rogue, LLC, Universal City Studios Productions, LLLP, Supermarche, Inc., Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman, Hit the Ground Running Enterprises, LLC, Andrew Jar-ecki, and Marc Smerling [Doc. # 1]. In the complaint, Plaintiff raises a single claim for copyright infringement based on five allegedly unauthorized uses of its song “All Downhill from Here” in Defen *1015 dants’ film Catfish. 1 (Id. ¶ 18.) On November 15, 2011, Defendants filed their motion for summary judgment and partial summary judgment [Doc. # 48].