United States Second Circuit

In a copyright infringement action based on the copying and sale of plaintiffs' music albums without authorization, judgment for plaintiffs is affirmed where: 1) the district court correctly awarded statutory damages for each album infringed; 2) the district court did not commit clear error in finding that plaintiffs had failed to prove willfulness and that defendant had proven its innocence; and 3) the district court did not err in calculating damages.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/10/2010
• Decided 04/27/2010
• Published 04/27/2010

Judges

• KIMBA M. WOOD, District Judge:, Before LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judge, and WOOD,District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Patrick J. Monaghan, Jr., Michael Korik, Monaghan, Monaghan, Lamb & Marchisio, LLP, New York, NY, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mitchell C. Shelowitz, Shelowitz & Associates PLLC, Montvale, NJ, for Appellees.