Class Action Insider

In a case that bodes well for defendants in putative copyright class actions, the Ninth Circuit last week, after granting a motion for interlocutory appeal, reversed a district court’s decision certifying two classes of performers and composers who alleged that online concert archive Wolfgang’s Vault had violated federal copyright and anti-bootlegging laws by streaming recordings of live rock shows. Kihn et al. v. Bill Graham Archives LLC et al., No. 20-17397, 2022 WL 18935 (9th Cir. Jan. 3, 2022).