Swirsky v. Carey

376 F.3d 841 Seth SWIRSKY, an individual d/b/a Julian's Dad; Warryn Campbell, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Mariah CAREY; James Harris, III; Terry Lewis; Flyte Time Productions, Inc., an entity of unknown designation, e/s/a Flyte Tyme Tunes, Inc.; ATV Songs LLC; Rye Songs; Columbia Records; Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.; EMI April Music, Defendants-Appellees. No. 03-55033. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted February 3, 2004. Filed July 12, 2004. As Amended on Denial of Rehearing August 24, 2004. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Jonathan D. Freund (argued), Craig A. Huber, Freund & Brackey LLP, Beverly Hills, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants. Robert M. Dudnik, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; Christina A. Snyder, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-00-09926-CAS. Before CANBY, JR., NOONAN, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges. CANBY, Circuit Judge. 1 The plaintiffs, Seth Swirsky and Warryn Campbell, brought this action in district court, alleging that a song produced by the defendants infringed the plaintiffs' copyright in…