UMG RECORDINGS, INC. v. SINNOTT

No. CIV.S 02-2153 MCE PA.

300 F.Supp.2d 993 (2004)

UMG RECORDINGS, INC.; Arista Records, Inc.; Atlantic Recording Corporation; BMG Music; Capitol Records, Inc.; Elektra Entertainment Group Inc.; Fonovisa, Inc.; Hollywood Records, Inc.; Interscope Records; J Records LLC; Motown Record Company, L.P.; Musical Production, Inc.; Platano Records Corporation; Priority Records L.L.C.; Skg Music LLC; Sony Discos Inc.; Sony Music Entertainment Inc.; The RCA Records Label, A Unit of BMG Music; Virgin Records America, Inc.; Warner Bros. Records Inc.; Warner Music Latina Inc.; Wea International Inc.; and Zomba Recording Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. Richard SINNOTT, dba, Marysville Flea Market, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. California.

February 5, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey G. Knowles, Julia D. Greer, Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP, San Francisco, CA, Russell J. Frackman, Jeffrey D. Goldman, Eric J. German, Mitchell Silberberg and Knupp, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Matthew J. Oppenheim, Stanley Pierre-Louis, Recording Industry Association of America, Inc., Washington, DC, for plaintiff.

Mark Raymond Leonard, Davis and Leonard, Sacramento, CA, for defendant.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR., District Judge.

Plaintiffs, twenty three recording companies, filed this suit against Defendant Richard Sinnott ("Sinnott"), owner and operator of the Marysville Flea Market ("MFM"), seeking to hold him responsible for the infringement of many of the copyrights Plaintiffs own. The infringement was committed not by Sinnott directly, but rather by several MFM vendors who were selling pirated or counterfeit...

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