Legal Opinion

Bryant v. Media Right Productions, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided April 27, 2010No. Docket 09-2600-cvPublishedCited by 185 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KIMBA M. WOOD, District Judge:

Plaintiffs-Appellants appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Young, J.) holding that Defendants-Appellees committed direct copyright infringement, and awarding Plaintiffs-Appellants statutory damages but denying them attorneys fees.

Appellants produced two copyrighted albums of music, each of which was composed of ten songs. Appellee Media Right Productions, Inc. (“Media Right”) gave the albums to Appellee Orchard Enterprises, Inc. (“Orchard”), who copied and sold them without authorization. The Court…

2Cases cited13 opinions

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