Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. v. Liberty Cable, Inc.

DECISION and ORDER

BAER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., et al. allege that defendant Liberty Cable, Inc. infringed copyrights owned by plaintiffs when defendant failed to file semi-annual statements of account and make royalty fee payments to the Copyright Office as required under 17 U.S.C. § 111(d).. Plaintiffs complain that the method defendant employed for filing and calculating royalty payments deprived plaintiffs of substantial royalties to which they are entitled. Defendant maintains that it operates over 100 separate satellite master antenna television…