To receive access to the tracks from a commercial CD over the My. This is one of the most sacrosanct rights afforded copyright owners. MP3 or any other service that uses any infringing reproduction of plaintiffs copyrighted sound recordings. Plaintiffs pray also for statutory damages for willful copyright infringement in the amount specified in Section 504 of the Copyright Act. This Court has personal jurisdiction over the defendant because defendant offers a service to residents of this State and this District which learns the copyrights owned by residents of this State and this District, and defendant is otherwise doing business in this State and this District.
Plaintiffs are among the leading manufacturers of phonorecords in the United States.
The names and reputations of plaintiffs as manufacturers of phonorecords of high artistic and technical quality are widely and favorably known in the State of New York and throughout the United States and the world. MP3 interactive service. MP3 service is targeted to and used by residents of this State and this District, and infringes copyrights owned by residents of this State and this District. Sound recordings are protected by copyright, separate from the underlying musical compositions. Plaintiffs have invested and continue to invest substantial sums of money, as well as time, effort, and creative talent, to discover and develop recording artists, and to create, manufacture, advertise, promote, sell, and license phonorecords embodying the performances of their exclusive recording artists.