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· 3/31/2008

Elektra Entertainment Group, Inc. v. Barker

Citations

  • 551 F. Supp. 2d 234
  • 87 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1427
  • 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 25913
  • 2008 WL 857527

How courts have described this case

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  • finding allegations of past and current infringement sufficient even though the complaint omitted the date or time of each instance of infringement
  • finding allegations of past and current infringement sufficient even though the complaint omitted the date or time of each instance of infringement
  • collecting cases and concluding that the meaning of “distribute” under 17 U.S.C. 106(3) is synonymous with “publication”
  • “An allegation of past and continuing infringement ‘sufficiently puts defendant on notice as to which acts . . . form the basis of the [p]laintiff’s claim.’” (citation omitted)
  • “ [T]he offer[| to distribute copies or phonorecords to a group of persons for purposes of further distribution, public performance, or public display,’ can violate the distribution right of Section 106(3).” (alteration in original

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Judges: Kenneth M. Karas

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