On reconsideration, a California federal court granted defendants partial summary judgment because the plaintiffs had not identified one copyrighted work containing the complete selection and arrangement they sought to enforce.
A federal judge denied summary judgment on all sides in the sprawling copyright lawsuit alleging that the dembow rhythm underlying over 1,800 reggaeton songs was stolen from Jamaican producers Steely and Clevie’s 1989 ‘Fish Market’ recording.
A California federal court allowed direct copyright claims over the dembow rhythm used in reggaeton songs by Bad Bunny, Drake, and other artists to proceed, while dismissing secondary-liability claims with leave to amend.