Yesterday Judge Pregerson dismissed Joe’s “Viva La Vida” copyright infringement lawsuit “upon Stipulation” which according to TwentyFourBit means the Chickenfoot guitarist got himself paid. Parse the dockets here if you can.
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Yesterday Judge Pregerson dismissed Joe’s “Viva La Vida” copyright infringement lawsuit “upon Stipulation” which according to TwentyFourBit means the Chickenfoot guitarist got himself paid. Parse the dockets here if you can.
According to the docket, that’s likely right. The dismissal was filed under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1(A)(ii), which means the Plaintiff (Joe Satriani) filed it, and that all parties agreed.
Rarely does a Plaintiff–especially not one as vocal as Joe–agree to dismiss a case unless there was a value provided to them in doing so.