Music Publisher Dismisses Suit Against Penguin for Using Track in YouTube Ad

Plaintiff Charming Beats dismissed a copyright infringement suit against Penguin Random House, said a Friday notice (docket 1:23-cv-03946) in U.S. District Court for Southern New York in Manhattan. The music publisher alleged the book publisher created a YouTube video ad using a Charming Beats’ copyrighted track without authorization (see 2305120031). Plaintiffs will pay their own legal costs, it said.