Legal Opinion
A & M Records, Inc. v. M. V. C. Distributing Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 7, 1978No. Nos. 76-1843 and 76-1844PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs1 brought an action against defendants 2 (hereinafter MVC) for injunctive relief and for damages caused by MVC’s unauthorized duplication and distribution of musical recordings produced by plaintiffs. This case involves “pirated” or “bootlegged” tapes which were reproductions of the original recordings marketed under a different label. See United States v. Shultz, 482 F.2d 1179, 1180 (6th Cir. 1973). Through August 1974, MVC had sold over 174,000 duplicates of some 123 albums produced by A & M Records, Inc. and C.B.S., Inc. In addition to duplicating the albums…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- International News Service v. Associated PressSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Compco Corp. v. Day-Brite Lighting, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Goldstein v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Davis H. Elliot Co. Inc. v. Caribbean Utilities Co., Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by18 opinions
- In Re Interstate Agency, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
- McMillan v. Firestone (In Re Firestone)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. · 1982
- Rohm and Haas Co. v. Dawson Chemical Co., Inc.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1983
- DeLeon v. RamirezDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1979
- Sonny Penix v. Parra (In re Parra)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Mexico · 2012
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