Legal Opinion
Big East Entertainment, Inc. v. Zomba Enterprises, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 28, 2006No. 04 Civ. 10008(RWS)PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SWEET, District Judge.
The defendant Zomba Enterprises, Inc. (“Zomba” or the “Defendant”) has moved pursuant to Rule 56, Fed.R.Civ.P., for summary judgment dismissing the complaint of plaintiff Big East Entertainment, Inc. (“Big East” or the “Plaintiff’) alleging causes of action for copyright infringement and an accounting. Big East has cross-moved for summary judgment. For the reasons set forth below, the motion of Zomba for summary judgment is granted, and the cross-motion of Big East is denied.
This fifteen year old controversy involves the rights to musical compositions created…
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