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BRIDGEPORT MUSIC, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, WESTBOUND RECORDS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. WB MUSIC CORP., et al., Defendants, UNIVERSAL-POLYGRAM INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING, INC., Defendant-Appellee. |
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Tennessee at Nashville.
No. 01-00706—Todd J. Campbell, Chief District Judge.
Argued: January 29, 2008
Decided and Filed: March 25, 2008
Before: GUY, GILMAN, and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges.
McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff-Appellant Bridgeport Music, Inc. (“Bridgeport”) appeals from the district court’s order awarding attorneys’ fees and costs to Defendant-Appellee Universal-Polygram International Publishing, Inc. (“UPIP”) as a prevailing party under 17 U.S.C. § 505. This court had vacated an earlier award of fees and costs to UPIP and remanded to the district court for further consideration. Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. Rhyme Syndicate Music, 376 F.3d 615 (6th Cir. 2004). On remand, the district court awarded the same amount of fees and costs to UPIP. Bridgeport argues that the district court abused its discretion. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.