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BMI Seeks Entry of Default vs. Ohio Bar for Failure to Answer Copyright Complaint

BMI and eight music publishers seek a clerk’s entry of default against the Whiskey Stop Bar & Grill in Louisville, Ohio, and owners Scott and Kathryn Kelly for “failure to plead or otherwise defend” their Sept. 28 copyright infringement complaint…

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(see 2309290002), said their application/request Thursday (docket 5:23-cv-01889) in U.S. District Court for Eastern Ohio in Akron. The plaintiffs allege six claims of willful copyright infringement, based on the defendants' unauthorized public performance of musical compositions from the BMI repertoire.