Legal Opinion
UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Bertelsmann AG
District Court, N.D. California
Decided July 14, 2004No. Nos. C 04-1351 MHP, C 04-1671 MHP, C 04-2121 MHP, C 04-1166 MHPPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATEL, Chief Judge.
These actions arise from the litigation involving alleged copyright infringement by Napster, Inc. (“Napster”) before this court and the Ninth Circuit in 2000 and 2001. Plaintiffs UMG Recordings, Inc. et al. (“UMG”), Capitol Records, Inc. et al. (“Capitol”), and Jerry Lieber et al. (“Lieber”) have brought suit against Bertelsmann AG et al. (“Bertelsmann”) and Hummer Winblad Venture Partners et al. (“Hummer”),1 alleging that Bertelsmann and Hummer engaged in vicarious and contributory copyright infringement in the course of their involvement with Napster. Now before the court…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Umg Recordings, Inc. v. Shelter Capital Partners LlcCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2013
- In Re Napster, Inc. Copyright LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
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