Braden Copeland financed the early development of the Zac Brown Band and later entered a written agreement giving him a share of royalties from music and merchandise. After the relationship deteriorated, Copeland sued Home Grown Music for breach of contract, claiming unpaid royalties. The trial court granted summary judgment to Home Grown and assessed costs against Copeland. The Court of Appeals of Georgia affirmed the summary judgment because the agreement did not support Copeland’s contract theory on the record presented. It partly reversed the cost award, holding that the recoverable costs did not include deposition expenses or the court reporter’s fee for transcribing the summary-judgment hearing. The court left intact the award of ordinary filing costs and otherwise affirmed.