THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION PREMIER LEAGUE LIMITED, Bourne Co. (together with its affiliate Murbo Music Publishing, Inc.), Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company, Inc., CAL IV Entertainment LLC, Robert Tur d/b/a Los Angeles News Service, National Music Publishers' Association, The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, Stage Three Music (U.S.), Inc., Edward B. Marks Music Company, Freddy Bienstock Music Company d/b/a Bienstock Publishing Company, Alley Music Corporation, X-Ray Dog Music, Inc., Fédération Française de Tennis, The Music Force Media Group LLC, The Music Force LLC, and SIN-Drome Records, Ltd. on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs,
v.
YouTUBE, INC., YouTube, LLC and Google, Inc., Defendants.
United States District Court, S.D. New York.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 3, 2009.
July 3, 2009.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Proskauer Rose LLP, Louis M. Solomon, William M. Hart, Hal S. Shaftel, of Counsel, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Max W. Berger, John P. Coffey, John C. Browne, New York, NY, for Lead Plaintiffs Murbo Music Publishing, Inc., Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company, Inc., Robert Tur d/b/a Los Angeles News Service, X-Ray Dog Music, Inc., Federation Française de Tennis, The Scottish Premier League Limited, and for the Prospective Class.
Girard Gibbs, LLP, Daniel Girard, Aaron Sheanin, Christina Connoly Sharp, of Counsel, San Francisco, CA, Barrett Johnston and Parsley, Gerald E. Martin, Laurel Johnston, of Counsel, Burr & Forman, Kevin Doherty, of Counsel, Nashville, TN, for Plaintiff Cal IV Entertainment, LLC.
Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein LLP, David S. Stellings, of Counsel, Morrisson & Foerster, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs National Music Publishers' Association, The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, Stage Three Music (U.S.), Inc., Edward B. Marks Music Company, Freddy Bienstock Music Company d/b/a Bienstock Publishing Company, Alley Music Corporation.
Lovell Stewart Halebian LLP, Christopher Lovell, Christopher M. McGrath, of Counsel, New York, NY, Law Offices of Jeffrey L. Graubart, Jeffrey L. Graubart, Steve D'Onofrio, of Counsel, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs The Music Force Media Group LLC, The Music Force LLC, and Sin-Drome Records, Ltd.
Mayer Brown LLP, A. John P. Mancini, Richard Ben-Veniste, Andrew H. Schapiro, Matthew D. Ingber, Brian M. Willen, of Counsel, New York, NY, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, David H. Kramer, Maura L. Rees, Michael H. Rubin, Bart E. Volkmer, of Counsel, Palo Alto, CA, for Defendants.
United States District Court, S.D. New York.
OPINION and ORDER
LOUIS L. STANTON, District Judge.
In this putative class action for copyright infringement brought under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976 (17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.), defendants move for judgment on the pleadings dismissing plaintiffs' claims under the Act for (1) statutory damages on foreign works that have not been registered with the U.S. Copyright Office and (2) punitive damages.1
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