Rupa Marya v. Warner Chappell Music Inc

Filing 275

NOTICE OF NON-OPPOSITION to NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION to Intervene [UNOPPOSED] 266 filed by Plaintiffs Good Morning to You Productions Corp, Majar Productions LLC, Rupa Marya, Robert Siegel. (Manifold, Betsy)

1 FRANCIS M. GREGOREK (144785)
[e-mail]
2 BETSY C. MANIFOLD (182450)
[e-mail]
3 RACHELE R. RICKERT (190634)
[e-mail]
4 MARISA C. LIVESAY (223247)
[e-mail]
5 WOLF HALDENSTEIN ADLER
FREEMAN & HERZ LLP
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750 B Street, Suite 2770
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Telephone: [phone]
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9 Interim Class Counsel for Plaintiff and the Proposed Class
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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WESTERN DIVISION

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GOOD MORNING TO YOU
PRODUCTIONS CORP., et al.,

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Plaintiffs,
v.
WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC,
INC., et al.
Defendants.

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Case No. CV 13-04460-GHK (MRWx)
PLAINTIFFS’ STATEMENT OF
NON-OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO
INTERVENE

Date:
Time:
Judge:
Room:

December 7, 2015
9:30 a.m.
Hon. George H. King,
Chief Judge
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Plaintiffs, by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby submit this

2 statement of non-opposition to the motion to intervene of movants The Hill
3 Foundation, Inc. (“Hill Foundation”) and the Association for Childhood Education
4 International (“ACEI”).
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To conserve the parties’ and the Court’s time and resources, Plaintiffs do not

6 oppose the motion to intervene. However, Plaintiffs do not agree that the Hill
7 Foundation or ACEI has any interest in the litigation or in the copyright to Happy
8 Birthday to You. Accordingly, Plaintiffs expressly reserve their right to dispute the
9 movants’ standing to intervene. If the movants are permitted to intervene, to assert
10 all available defenses to their claims, including but not limited to: the fact that
11 Patty Hill did not write the Song’s familiar lyrics, that she abandoned any
12 copyright to the lyrics, that there was a divesting publication of the lyrics as early
13 as 1922, that if any copyright in the lyrics existed, it expired in 1963, that the
14 copyright was never transferred to the movants, and any defense based upon the
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16 Dated: November 13, 2015
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WOLF HALDENSTEIN ADLER
FREEMAN & HERZ LLP
By:

/s/ Betsy C. Manifold
BETSY C. MANIFOLD
FRANCIS M. GREGOREK
[e-mail]
BETSY C. MANIFOLD
[e-mail]
RACHELE R. RICKERT
[e-mail]
MARISA C. LIVESAY
[e-mail]
750 B Street, Suite 2770
San Diego, CA 92101
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 619/234-4599
WOLF HALDENSTEIN ADLER
FREEMAN & HERZ LLP
MARK C. RIFKIN (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
JANINE POLLACK (pro hac vice)
[e-mail]
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270 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 212-545-4753
Interim Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs

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RANDALL S. NEWMAN PC
RANDALL S. NEWMAN (190547)
[e-mail]
37 Wall Street, Penthouse D
New York, NY 10005
Telephone: [phone]

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HUNT ORTMANN PALFFY NIEVES
DARLING & MAH, INC.
ALISON C. GIBBS (257526)
[e-mail]
OMEL A. NIEVES (134444)
[e-mail]

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KATHLYNN E. SMITH (234541)
[e-mail]
301 North Lake Avenue, 7th Floor
Pasadena, CA 91101
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 626/796-0107

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DONAHUE GALLAGHER
WOODS LLP
WILLIAM R. HILL (114954)
[e-mail]
ANDREW S. MACKAY (197074)
[e-mail]
DANIEL J. SCHACHT (259717)
[e-mail]
1999 Harrison Street, 25th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612-3520
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 510/832-1486

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GLANCY PRONGAY & MURRAY
LLP
LIONEL Z. GLANCY (134180)
[e-mail]
MARC L. GODINO (188669)
[e-mail]
1925 Century Park East, Suite 2100
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 310/201-9160

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Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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