Capitol Records, LLC v. ReDigi Inc.

ReDigi Incorporated (ReDigi) (defendant) operated a marketplace letting users resell legally purchased digital-music files to other users, using software that verified the files were legitimately acquired and, once uploaded and sold through ReDigi's servers, removed access from the original owner. Capitol Records, LLC (Capitol Records) (plaintiff), which held copyrights in some of the traded music, sued ReDigi for direct and secondary copyright infringement and moved for partial summary judgment, arguing ReDigi's model necessarily violated its reproduction and distribution rights.