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Case 1:18-cv-25474-RAR Document 256 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/04/2021 Page 14 of 14

4. Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment [ECF No. 166] is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART as summarized below.

a. Because Plaintiffs have not established ownership of the MSP-Registered Song “Jam The Box”—the only copyrighted work that Plaintiffs allege Atlantic Recording Corporation exploited—Defendant Atlantic Recording Corporation is entitled to final summary judgment as to all claims against Defendant Atlantic Recording Corporation in this matter. The Court shall enter a judgment as to Atlantic Recording Corporation by separate order.
b. Defendants Warner Chappell Music, Inc. and Artist Publishing Group, LLC, are entitled to summary judgment as to all claims with respect to each of the following musical compositions and/or sound recordings: “Jam The Box,” “I Know You Love Me,” and “Computer Language.”
c. As to the remaining compositions, “Lookout Weekend,” and “Party Has Begun,” Plaintiffs’ damages are limited to the time period commencing on December 28, 2015.

5. Plaintiff’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment [ECF No. 175] is DENIED.

DONE AND ORDERED in Fort Lauderdale, Florida this 4th day of June, 2021.

A personal signature appears here

RODOLFO A. RUIZ II
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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