Legal Opinion

Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc. v. Westinghouse Digital Electronics, LLC

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided August 8, 2011No. 09 Civ. 10155(SAS)PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge:

I. INTRODUCTION

On December 14, 2009, the Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc. and Erik Andersen (“plaintiffs”) brought an action against fourteen commercial electronics distributors for copyright infringement. Plaintiffs now move to hold non-party Westinghouse Digital LLC (“WD”) in contempt of this Court’s earlier injunction against Westinghouse Digital Electronics, LLC (“WDE”) pursuant to Rule 65(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. For the reasons discussed below, plaintiffs’ motion is granted.

II. BACKGROUND

In 1999, Andersen…

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