PlayMedia Systems, Inc. v. America Online, Inc.

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

MATZ, District Judge.

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INTRODUCTION

This is a copyright infringement case. Plaintiff PlayMedia Systems, Inc. (“PlayMedia”) claims that the use by defendant America Online, Inc. (“AOL”) 1 of PlayMedia’s AMP computer software infringes PlayMedia’s copyright. The fact of copying, however, is not at issue. AOL freely admits copying the AMP software, but claims it is permitted to do so by a licensing agreement between PlayMedia and Nullsoft, a company later acquired by AOL. PlayMedia argues that AOL’s use exceeds the scope of that agreement.

The AMP…