U.S. District Court / S.D. Florida

Arista Records, Inc. v. Beker Enterprises, Inc.

Decided December 19, 2003. James I. Cohn wrote the opinion for the court.

298 F. Supp. 2d 1310 · Cited 94 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. v. Global Arts Productions · 45 F. Supp. 2d 1345
Nintendo of America, Inc. v. Ketchum · 830 F. Supp. 1443
Dive N' Surf, Inc. v. Anselowitz · 834 F. Supp. 379
Fallaci v. New Gazette Literary Corp. · 568 F. Supp. 1172
Original Appalachian Artworks, Inc. v. J.F. Reichert, Inc. · 658 F. Supp. 458
United Feature Syndicate, Inc. v. Sunrise Mold Co. · 569 F. Supp. 1475
A & N MUSIC CORP. v. Venezia · 733 F. Supp. 955
Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Dano's Restaurant Systems, Inc. · 902 F. Supp. 224
Jobete Music Co., Inc. v. Hampton · 864 F. Supp. 7
The Walt Disney Co. v. Video 47, Inc. · 972 F. Supp. 595

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