Legal Opinion
Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Webbworld, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided December 11, 1997No. Civ. 3-96-CV-3222-HPublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SANDERS, Senior District Judge.
On November 19,1997, the Court conducted a non-jury trial of this case. After consideration of the admissible evidence presented therein, along with the arguments of counsel, the Court renders this decision.
Plaintiff Playboy Enterprises, Inc., has prevailed in its claim for direct and indirect copyright infringement against Defendants Webbworld, Inc., Bentley Ives, and Benjamin Brian Ellis, who owned or operated an Internet website that offered sexually-oriented photographs and images to subscribers for a monthly fee. The Court finds…
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