Summary
awarding $5,000 for each of 12 copyright infringements
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NO. 2:02CV10-EMB
March 4, 2003
FINAL JUDGMENT
In accordance with this Court's Memorandum Opinion entered this day, the parties having consented to trial and entry of final judgment by the United States Magistrate Judge under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), with any appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, it is hereby
ORDERED:
That plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED as it relates to plaintiffs' claims for copyright infringement. FINAL JUDGMENT is hereby entered on those claims as follows:
a. Defendants are hereby ENJOINED from further infringing the plaintiffs's copyrights. The injunction shall be permanent, or shall last until such time as defendants obtain a license to perform plaintiffs's copyrighted material;
b. Plaintiffs shall recover statutory damages in the total amount of $60,000 from Defendants (i.e., $5,000 per violation); and
c. Plaintiffs shall recover reasonable attorneys's fees and costs from Defendants in the amount of $10,929.08.
d. Plaintiffs shall also recover interest on this judgment, the total amount of which is $70,929.08, at the current federal rate of 1.24 per cent per annum from the date of this judgment until paid, as provided by 28 U.S.C. § 1961 (West, WESTLAW through P.L. 108-6, approved 02-13-03).
All memoranda and other matters considered by the Court in ruling on the motion for summary judgment are hereby incorporated and made a part of the record in this cause.
THIS, the 4th day of March, 2003.