Legal Opinion
TVT Records v. Island Def Jam Music Group
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 5, 2003No. 02 Civ. 6644(VM)PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
MARRERO, District Judge.
On May 1, 2003, the Court read into the trial record of this matter a statement explaining the basis for its ruling with regard to a proposed instruction to the jury concerning the availability of punitive damages in copyright infringement cases. The Court considered and rejected, for the reasons set forth in the Court’s remarks, Defendants’ request for an instruction stating categorically that punitive damages are not available at all in copyright infringement actions.
Accordingly, it is hereby
ORDERED that the Court’s statement made on the trial…
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