Viacom International Inc. v. Youtube, Inc.

OPINION AND ORDER

LOUIS L. STANTON, District Judge.

In this action brought under the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq., plaintiffs move pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 15(a) for leave to amend the complaint to assert a claim for punitive damages. 1 In its present form, the complaint seeks statutory damages under Section 504(c) of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 504(c), or in the alternative, actual damages plus profits under Section 504(b). According to plaintiffs, their proposed “amended complaint makes clear that if Plaintiffs elect to recover actual damages and profits rather than…