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Music Royalty Claims
The U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico dismissed a royalties-based suit by salsa artist Gilberto Santa Rosa. Santa Rosa v. Combo Records, 04-1405 (JAG). The district court first decided on Santa Rosa's contract claims (Santa Rosa didn't have a copy but claimed to have entered into a contract with Combo Records as early as 1978) that: “Santa Rosa does not remember what the contract contained, and lacks any proof of its formation from witnesses or a record of the instrument. … Because this Court cannot find an express or an implied contract without any facts, nor any sort of enforceable promise, the Court will not address Santa Rosa's claim of breach nor grant his request to rescind the contract.”
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