California Federal Judge: ‘Let It Go’ Copyright Claims Are Time-Barred

Mealey's (May 31, 2018, 3:47 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — In a May 21 ruling, a California federal judge found that direct and indirect copyright infringement allegations surrounding the hit song “Let It Go,” from the movie “Frozen,” must be dismissed with regard to any acts occurring before Nov. 23, 2014 — when the three-year statutory limitations period began under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 507(b) (Jaime Ciero v. The Walt Disney Company, et al., No. 17-8544, C.D. Calif.)....