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... expression or other affirmative steps taken to foster infringement. See Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., et al. v. Grokster, Ltd., et al., 545 U.S. 913, ... with the use or "distribution" of Veoh's service." Where are we now? While the Court granted UMG until February 23 to file an amended complaint, the order contained a rather stern caution: Although ... of corporate governance caution that "less may be more." Documents: UMG Recordings, Inc., et al. v. Veoh Networks Inc., et al., 07 cv 5744 AHM (C.D ...

... defend Island Def Jam Music Group, a division of UMG, from a suit filed against Def Jam by TVT Records, Inc. and TVT Music, Inc. in a contract dispute respecting the right to produce and ... . Rptr. 2d 815, 838 (Ct. App. 1993). The allegations did not concern UMG's good as TVT maintained ownership rights to the CMC album. Thus, it was of no moment that ... Graber concurred and dissented in part, finding Atlantic Mut. Ins. Co. v. J. Lamb, Inc., 123 Cal.Rptr.2d 256, 269-72 (Ct. App. 2002) pertinent under ...

... a recent case, UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Veoh Networks, Inc., 89 U.S.P.Q.2d 1449 (C.D. Cal. 2008), the Central District ... the DMCA, to foster development of electronic commerce and growth of the Internet, would be undercut by UMG's narrow interpretation of the section 512(c) safe harbor. "It is very difficult to ... to liability for providing access to works stored at the direction of users." In conclusion, the court denied UMG's motion for partial summary judgment. The court found the four Veoh software ...

... to which the CDs were distributed and without being liable for copyright infringement. UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Augusto, No. CV 07-03106, slip op. (C.D. ... such promotional CDs often labeled with language substantially similar to the following: "This CD is the property of the record company and is licensed to the intended recipient for personal use only. Acceptance of this CD ... around Los Angeles and then sold many of UMG's CDs on eBay through his business, Roast Beast Music. Acting as UMG's agent, ...

... summary judgment has already been the subject of a published opinion. UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Veoh Networks, Inc., 620 F.Supp2d 1081 (C.D.Cal. ... which Veoh has not obtained a license. Despite its use of these technologies, UMG sued Veoh in September 2007, claiming that Veoh had permitted users to upload ... Matz again pushed the burden of identifying acts of infringement onto copyright holders: "UMG has not established that the DMCA imposes an obligation on a service provider to implement filtering ...

... By Eric Goldman UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Veoh Networks, Inc., 2:07-cv-05744-AHM-AJW (C.D. Cal. Sept. 11, 2009) ... that Veoh had generalized knowledge that widespread infringing activity was occurring on its site. Finally, UMG argued that Veoh got the requisite scienter from its failure to use filtering technology properly. ... but aren't in the statute. Some of this categorical siding with the defense might also reflect that UMG appears to have annoyed this judge. I laughed out loud when I saw FN 10, ...

... other possible defenses: In other similar cases brought by these Plaintiffs and other record labels,individual defendants have raised a host of colorable defenses; but due to ... , measured against the actual money damages suffered, is unconstitutionally excessive, see UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Lindor, No. 05-1095, 2006 WL 3335048, at *3( ... 601, 637 (2005); FN2 and (2) whether the Plaintiffs and their recording industry peers, by bringing infringement suits like this one, have engaged in anticompetitive ...

... Cause: 17:501 Copyright Infringement Filed: March 27, 2008 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. et al v. Doe Assigned to: Hon. Jeremy Fogel Referred to: Magistrate Judge Howard ... C. Spero Cause: 17:501 Copyright Infringement Filed: March 27, 2008 Atlantic Recording Corporation et al v. John Doe Assigned to: Magistrate Judge Bernard Zimmerman Cause: ... Bernard Zimmerman Cause: 17:501 Copyright Infringement Filed: March 27, 2008 UMG Recordings, Inc. et al v. John Doe Assigned to: Hon. Phyllis J. Hamilton ...

As I mentioned once before, I'm a member of the team defending eBay seller Troy Augusto in a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by UMG Recordings, Inc. This is a rather unusual copyright infringement suit, in that even UMG agrees that there was no copying involved. They say that Troy's resale on eBay of CDs marked [...]

Yesterday, Judge S. James Otero of the United States District Court for the Central District of California issued an opinion granting summary judgment for the defendant in UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Augusto. Judge Otero ruled that, because ownership of "promo CDs" given out by UMG had transferred to the recipients of those CDs, Augusto's [...]