Robbins Music Corp. v. Alamo Music, Inc.

WEINFELD, District Judge.

In this copyright infringement action, the defendants’ motion to transfer to California, pursuant to Title 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a), is denied for failure to sustain the burden of showing that “the balance is strongly” in their favor. 1 Indeed, on the papers presented the contrary appears.

The plaintiffs’ choice of forum is the district of their residence. Both plaintiffs are New York corporations engaged in business here, where their principal offices are located. The three moving defendants, two corporations and an individual, the only named defendants served with…