Broadcast Music, Inc. et al v. Viking Ventures, LLC et al
Plaintiff: Broadcast Music, Inc., Sony/ATV Songs LLC doing business as Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Average Joe's Entertainment Group LLC doing business as Average Zjs Music Publishing, Indiana Angel Music, Fame Publishing Company LLC, Southeastern Publishing LLC, Sad Smiles Music and Late August Publishing
Defendant: Viking Ventures, LLC doing business as Highlanders Tavern and Grill, Nick McCullough and Kyle McCullough
Case Number: 1:2023cv05562
Filed: December 5, 2023
Court: US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Presiding Judge: Michael L Brown
Referring Judge: Amy Totenberg
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. ยง 1338 Copyright Infringement
Jury Demanded By: None
Docket Report

This docket was last retrieved on January 24, 2024. A more recent docket listing may be available from PACER.

Date Filed Document Text
January 24, 2024 Filing 11 Return of Service Executed by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Indiana Angel Music, Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Sad Smiles Music, Southeastern Publishing LLC, Average Joe's Entertainment Group LLC, Broadcast Music, Inc., Fame Publishing Company LLC, Late August Publishing. Kyle McCullough served on 1/8/2024, answer due 1/29/2024. (Stuhrenberg, Joseph)
January 24, 2024 Filing 10 Return of Service Executed by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Indiana Angel Music, Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Sad Smiles Music, Southeastern Publishing LLC, Average Joe's Entertainment Group LLC, Broadcast Music, Inc., Fame Publishing Company LLC, Late August Publishing. Viking Ventures, LLC served on 1/8/2024, answer due 1/29/2024. (Stuhrenberg, Joseph)
December 13, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 9 STANDING ORDER regarding Civil Litigation. Signed by Judge Michael L. Brown on 8/26/2021. (jpk)
December 13, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 8 ORDER REASSIGNING CASE. Case reassigned to Judge Michael L. Brown for all further proceedings. Judge Amy Totenberg no longer assigned to case. NOTICE TO ALL COUNSEL OF RECORD: The Judge designation in the civil action number assigned to this case has been changed to 1:23-cv-5562-MLB. Please make note of this change in order to facilitate the docketing of pleadings in this case. Signed by Judge Amy Totenberg on 12/13/2023. (dob)
December 11, 2023 Filing 7 AO Form 121 forwarded to Registrar. (dob)
December 10, 2023 Filing 6 PROPOSED AO 121 . (Stuhrenberg, Joseph)
December 10, 2023 Filing 5 Certificate of Interested Persons and Corporate Disclosure Statement by Average Joe's Entertainment Group LLC, Broadcast Music, Inc., Fame Publishing Company LLC, Indiana Angel Music, Late August Publishing, Sad Smiles Music, Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Southeastern Publishing LLC, Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. identifying Other Affiliate TEGNA, Inc., Other Affiliate Gray Television Inc. for Broadcast Music, Inc.; Other Affiliate Fame Publishing Company, Inc. for Fame Publishing Company LLC; Other Affiliate Warner Music Group Corp. for Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.; Other Affiliate Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. for Sony/ATV Songs LLC. (Stuhrenberg, Joseph)
December 6, 2023 Notice of deficiency re AO Form 121. Plaintiff must complete and file AO Form 121. See LR 3.4. Docket the form using the event AO 121, located in the Other Filings/Other Documents menu. (pdt)
December 5, 2023 Filing 4 Electronic Summons Issued as to Kyle McCullough. (pdt)
December 5, 2023 Filing 3 Electronic Summons Issued as to Nick McCullough. (pdt)
December 5, 2023 Filing 2 Electronic Summons Issued as to Viking Ventures, LLC. (pdt)
December 5, 2023 Filing 1 COMPLAINT filed by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Indiana Angel Music, Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Sad Smiles Music, Southeastern Publishing LLC, Average Joe's Entertainment Group LLC, Broadcast Music, Inc., Fame Publishing Company LLC, Late August Publishing. (Filing fee $405, receipt number BGANDC-13072936) (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1 - Schedule, #2 Civil Cover Sheet) (pdt) Please visit our website at http://www.gand.uscourts.gov/commonly-used-forms to obtain Pretrial Instructions and Pretrial Associated Forms which includes the Consent To Proceed Before U.S. Magistrate form.

Access additional case information on PACER

Use the links below to access additional information about this case on the US Court's PACER system. A subscription to PACER is required.

Access this case on the Georgia Northern District Court's Electronic Court Filings (ECF) System

Search for this case: Broadcast Music, Inc. et al v. Viking Ventures, LLC et al
Search News [ Google News | Marketwatch | Wall Street Journal | Financial Times | New York Times ]
Search Web [ Unicourt | Legal Web | Google | Bing | Yahoo | Ask ]
Plaintiff: Broadcast Music, Inc.
Represented By: Joseph Hubert Stuhrenberg
Search News [ Google News | Marketwatch | Wall Street Journal | Financial Times | New York Times ]
Search Finance [ Google Finance | Yahoo Finance | Hoovers | SEC Edgar Filings ]
Search Web [ Unicourt | Justia Dockets | Legal Web | Google | Bing | Yahoo | Ask ]
Plaintiff: Sony/ATV Songs LLC doing business as Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
Represented By: Joseph Hubert Stuhrenberg
Search News [ Google News | Marketwatch | Wall Street Journal | Financial Times | New York Times ]
Search Finance [ Google Finance | Yahoo Finance | Hoovers | SEC Edgar Filings ]
Search Web [ Unicourt | Justia Dockets | Legal Web | Google | Bing | Yahoo | Ask ]
Plaintiff: Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
Represented By: Joseph Hubert Stuhrenberg
Search News [ Google News | Marketwatch | Wall Street Journal | Financial Times | New York Times ]
Search Finance [ Google Finance | Yahoo Finance | Hoovers | SEC Edgar Filings ]
Search Web [ Unicourt | Justia Dockets | Legal Web | Google | Bing | Yahoo | Ask ]
Plaintiff: Average Joe's Entertainment Group LLC doing business as Average Zjs Music Publishing
Represented By: Joseph Hubert Stuhrenberg
Search News [ Google News | Marketwatch | Wall Street Journal | Financial Times | New York Times ]
Search Finance [ Google Finance | Yahoo Finance | Hoovers | SEC Edgar Filings ]
Search Web [ Unicourt | Justia Dockets | Legal Web | Google | Bing | Yahoo | Ask ]
Plaintiff: Indiana Angel Music
Represented By: Joseph Hubert Stuhrenberg
Search News [ Google News | Marketwatch | Wall Street Journal | Financial Times | New York Times ]
Search Finance [ Google Finance | Yahoo Finance | Hoovers | SEC Edgar Filings ]
Search Web [ Unicourt | Justia Dockets | Legal Web | Google | Bing | Yahoo | Ask ]
Plaintiff: Fame Publishing Company LLC
Represented By: Joseph Hubert Stuhrenberg
Search News [ Google News | Marketwatch | Wall Street Journal | Financial Times | New York Times ]
Search Finance [ Google Finance | Yahoo Finance | Hoovers | SEC Edgar Filings ]
Search Web [ Unicourt | Justia Dockets | Legal Web | Google | Bing | Yahoo | Ask ]
Plaintiff: Southeastern Publishing LLC
Represented By: Joseph Hubert Stuhrenberg
Search News [ Google News | Marketwatch | Wall Street Journal | Financial Times | New York Times ]
Search Finance [ Google Finance | Yahoo Finance | Hoovers | SEC Edgar Filings ]
Search Web [ Unicourt | Justia Dockets | Legal Web | Google | Bing | Yahoo | Ask ]
Plaintiff: Sad Smiles Music
Represented By: Joseph Hubert Stuhrenberg
Search News [ Google News | Marketwatch | Wall Street Journal | Financial Times | New York Times ]
Search Finance [ Google Finance | Yahoo Finance | Hoovers | SEC Edgar Filings ]
Search Web [ Unicourt | Justia Dockets | Legal Web | Google | Bing | Yahoo | Ask ]
Plaintiff: Late August Publishing
Represented By: Joseph Hubert Stuhrenberg
Search News [ Google News | Marketwatch | Wall Street Journal | Financial Times | New York Times ]
Search Finance [ Google Finance | Yahoo Finance | Hoovers | SEC Edgar Filings ]
Search Web [ Unicourt | Justia Dockets | Legal Web | Google | Bing | Yahoo | Ask ]
Defendant: Viking Ventures, LLC doing business as Highlanders Tavern and Grill
Search News [ Google News | Marketwatch | Wall Street Journal | Financial Times | New York Times ]
Search Finance [ Google Finance | Yahoo Finance | Hoovers | SEC Edgar Filings ]
Search Web [ Unicourt | Justia Dockets | Legal Web | Google | Bing | Yahoo | Ask ]
Defendant: Nick McCullough
Search News [ Google News | Marketwatch | Wall Street Journal | Financial Times | New York Times ]
Search Finance [ Google Finance | Yahoo Finance | Hoovers | SEC Edgar Filings ]
Search Web [ Unicourt | Justia Dockets | Legal Web | Google | Bing | Yahoo | Ask ]
Defendant: Kyle McCullough
Search News [ Google News | Marketwatch | Wall Street Journal | Financial Times | New York Times ]
Search Finance [ Google Finance | Yahoo Finance | Hoovers | SEC Edgar Filings ]
Search Web [ Unicourt | Justia Dockets | Legal Web | Google | Bing | Yahoo | Ask ]

Disclaimer: Justia Dockets & Filings provides public litigation records from the federal appellate and district courts. These filings and docket sheets should not be considered findings of fact or liability, nor do they necessarily reflect the view of Justia.


Why Is My Information Online?