TVT RECORDS v. ISLAND DEF JAM MUSIC GROUP

No. 02 Civ. 6644(VM).

262 F.Supp.2d 185 (2003)

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.

May 5, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. d'Auguste, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., James Philip Chou, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., New York, NY, Peter L. Haviland, Rhonda R. Trotter, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Tuneen E. Chisolm, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., New York, NY, for TVT Records, TVT Music, Inc.

Michael T. Mervis, Proskauer, Rose, L.L.P., New York, NY, Mary Mulligan, Esq., Universal Music Group, New York, NY, for for the Island Def Jam Music Group.

Robert J. Eddington, Proskauer Rose LLP, Michael T. Mervis, Alexander Kaplan, Proskauer, Rose, L.L.P., Mary Mulligan, Esq., Universal Music Group, Matthew S. Dontzin, James M La Rossa, New York, NY, for Lyor Cohen.


DECISION AND ORDER

MARRERO, District Judge.

On May 1, 2003, the Court read into the trial record of this matter a statement explaining the basis for its ruling with regard to a proposed instruction to the jury concerning the availability of punitive damages in copyright infringement cases. The Court considered and rejected, for the reasons set forth in the Court's remarks, Defendants' request for...

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