ARISTA RECORDS LLC v. LIME GROUP LLC

No. 06 CV 5936 (KMW).

785 F.Supp.2d 423 (2011)

ARISTA RECORDS LLC; Atlantic Recording Corporation; Arista Music, fka BMG Music; Capitol Records, Inc.; Elektra Entertainment Group Inc.; Interscope Records; Laface Records LLC; Motown Record Company, L.P.; Priority Records LLC; Sony Music Entertainment, fka Sony BMG Music Entertainment; UMG Recordings, Inc.; Virgin Records America, Inc.; and Warner Bros. Records Inc., Plaintiffs, v. LIME GROUP LLC; Lime Wire LLC; Mark Gorton; Greg Bildson; and M.J.G. Lime Wire Family Limited Partnership, Defendants.

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

April 29, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arlana S. Cohen , Benjamin Sahl , Robert William Clarida , Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C., Jennifer L. Pariser , Sony Corporation of America, New York, NY, Blanca Fromm Young , Jonathan. H. Blavin , Susan Traub Boyd , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, San Francisco, CA, Glenn D. Pomerantz , Hailyn J. Chen , Kelly M. Klaus , Kevin Goldman , Laura Ashley Aull , Melinda Eades Lemoine , Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Karyn Annise Temple , Kenneth Lewinn Doroshow , Recording Industry Association of America, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Joseph Thompson Baio , Roger David Netzer , James C. Dugan , John Robert Oiler , Mary Jane Eaton , Tariq Mundiya , Thomas John Meloro, Jr. , Todd G. Cosenza , Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Chul Pak , Lucy Yen , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, New York, NY, Colleen Bal , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, San Francisco, CA, for Defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

KIMBA M. WOOD, District Judge.

I. Introduction

On May 11, 2010, this Court granted summary judgment in favor of Plaintiffs on their claims against Defendants LimeWire LLC ("LW"), Lime Group LLC ("Lime Group"), and Mark Gorton (collectively, "Defendants") for secondary copyright infringement. The Court found that Defendants had induced multiple users of the LimeWire online file-sharing program (...

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