RCA Records v. All-Fast Systems, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HAIGHT, District Judge:

Plaintiffs manufacture pre-recorded, copyrighted cassettes. Defendant runs a New York retail copy service. Its primary source of revenue is photo-copying, but, until recently, it also operated a “Rezound” cassette-copying machine. The Rezound machine copies recorded cassette tapes onto specially designed blank cassettes, which defendant sold to customers who wished to use the machine. Plaintiffs have provided evidence which suggests that defendant used this machine to aid its customers in copying plaintiffs’ pre-recorded, copyrighted…