Tempos lawyers disputed this position.

Theres a profound policy issue before the court.

If a right does not include the right to enforce that right, then the right is meaningless.

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He said a rule like that made absolutely no sense.

Again, the judge agreed.

Sure, Pregerson said.

He said the new owner simply retained a duty to the other co-owners to account for any profits received.

Pregerson did not immediately rule on the dismissal motion today.

Instead, he took it under submission after also hearing from Cyrus lawyer, Peter Anderson.

Pregerson asked Anderson today.

No, they can enforce it.

But they have to get the consent of the other co-owners, Anderson argued.

[It] almost certainly qualifies as a fair use of Bruno Marss original, Moss wrote.