United States law permits suit only by “[t]he legal or beneficial owner of an
exclusive right under a copyright.” 17 U.S.C. § 501(b). The parties agree that because
6 GW’s products were created in England, its ownership of copyrights with respect to
those products is governed by that country’s law. Saregama India Ltd. v. Mosley, 635
F.3d 1284, 1290 (11th Cir. 2011); see also Rudnicki v. WPNA 1490 AM, No. 04 C 5719,
2009 WL 4800030, at *7 (N.D. Ill. Dec. 10, 2009) (“Under the [Berne] Convention, the
law of the signatory country with the closest relationship to the international work at
issue governs determination of copyright ownership.”).