TVT RECORDS v. ISLAND DEF JAM MUSIC

No. 02 CIV. 6644 VM.

225 F.Supp.2d 398 (2002)

TVT RECORDS and TVT MUSIC, INC., Plaintiffs, v. THE ISLAND DEF JAM MUSIC GROUP and Lyor Cohen, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

October 2, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. d'Auguste, James Philip Chou, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., New York City, Peter L. Haviland, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiffs.

Michael T. Mervis, Proskauer, Rose, L.L.P., New York City, Mary Mulligan, Universal Music Group, New York City, Robert J. Eddington, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York City, for Defendants.


DECISION AND ORDER

MARRERO, District Judge.

Plaintiffs TVT Records and TVT Music, Inc. ("TVT") filed a motion for a preliminary injunction on August 28, 2002 seeking to bar defendants The Island Def Jam Music Group ("IDJ") and its principal, Lyor Cohen ("Cohen"), from frustrating the scheduled release of one of TVT's albums (the "CMC Album"); from conduct that would interfere with the contract between TVT and the artists supplying the content of the...

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