United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment and award for plaintiffs, copyright proprietors, on claims of infringement of music copyrights via defendant's use of a file-sharing network is affirmed over defendant's claim of fair use.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/27/2005
• Decided 12/09/2005
• Published 12/09/2005

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, EVANS, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• B. Trent Webb (argued), Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, Steven P. Mandell, Mandell, Menkes & Surdyk, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Geoffrey A. Baker, Dowell Baker, Oak Park, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.