Broadcast Music, Inc. v. 84-88 BROADWAY, INC.

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• explaining that where the plaintiff is not an author with a copyright registration certificate, but an assignee of the copyright owner, plaintiff can show that it has proprietary rights in the compositions with an uncontroverted affidavit
• “[I]n the absence of . . . evidence [of profit], a court may infer that a defendant derived some pecuniary benefit from the public performance.”
• “It is well settled that investigators’ affidavits can constitute sufficient proof of live performance,” rejecting defendants’ vague complaints about the clarity and completeness of the report.

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