The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed a
default judgment and monetary award in favor of the plaintiff,
which was issued in a case where the plaintiff filed (but never
served) an amended complaint in a copyright infringement action.
The Court concluded that the amended complaint stated a new claim
for relief but was not properly served on the defendants in
accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure. Anthony Campbell v. Rayshawn
Bennett et al., Case No. 21-10978 (11th Cir.
Sept. 7, 2022) (Wilson, Branch, Lagoa, JJ.)
(Lagoa, J. concurring)
In 2015, Anthony Campbell (professionally known as Rackboy Cam)
wrote and recorded a song called “Everything Be Lit,”
and registered his copyright with the US Copyright Office in
February 2017. Later, in 2018, Rackboy Cam filed suit against June
James, Rakim Allen, Rayshawn Bennett (professionally known as YFN
Lucci) and Think It's a Game Records (TIG) for copyright
infringement based on Bennett's 2016
