Legal Opinion
Capitol Records, LLC v. VideoEgg, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 9, 2009No. 08 CV 5831(HB)PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION & ORDER
HAROLD BAER, JR., District Judge.
The instant motion requires the Court to apply the unsettled rules of internet-based jurisdiction to an increasingly popular means of online interaction, the “social networking” website. Plaintiffs, three record companies and ten music publishers, bring this copyright infringement action against Defendants VideoEgg, Inc. (“VideoEgg”) and Hi5 Networks, Inc. (“Hi5”). Hi5 moves to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction and improper venue and, in the alternative, to transfer of this action to the Northern District of California. 1 On January 16,…
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