9th Circuit Upholds Dismissal Of Copyright Claims Against Nirvana

(July 5, 2023, 12:45 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Copyright infringement allegations by the granddaughter and sole heir of British author C.W. Scott-Giles — creator of “Upper Hell,” a drawing in a 1949 translation of Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy — against the band Nirvana were properly dismissed on forum non conveniens grounds, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled July 3....