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No. 10-94
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 In The
Supreme Court of the United States
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♦
---------------------------------WHITNEY HARPER,
 Petitioner,
vs.MAVERICK RECORDING COMPANY; UMGRECORDINGS, INC.; ARISTA RECORDS LLC;WARNER BROS. RECORDS INC.; SONYBMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT,
 Respondents.
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On Petition For Writ Of CertiorariTo The United States Court Of AppealsFor The Fifth Circuit
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RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TOPETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
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IMOTHY
M. R
EYNOLDS
 
(
Counsel of Record
)E
 VE
G. B
URTON
 
 A
NDREW
B. M
OHRAZ
 
H
OLME
R
OBERTS
&
 
O
WEN
LLP1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 4100Denver, Colorado 80203(303) 861-7000Fax: (303) 866-0200Timothy.Reynolds@hro.comM
 ATTHEW
J.O
PPENHEIM
T
HE
O
PPENHEIM
G
ROUP
, LLP7304 River Falls DrivePotomac, Maryland 20854(301) 299-4986Fax: (866) 766-1678
 Attorneys for Respondents
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COCKLE LAW BRIEF PRINTING CO. (800) 225-6964OR CALL COLLECT (402) 342-2831
 
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QUESTION PRESENTED
 Whether a defendant infringer of copyrights insound recordings should be precluded from seeking areduction in statutory damages under an “innocentinfringement” defense where there is no dispute thatthe elements of 17 U.S.C. § 402(d) have been met, i.e.,there is no dispute that the plaintiffs placed propernotices of copyright on the published copies of thesound recordings and that the defendant had accessto such copies.
 
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CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
 Pursuant to Sup. Ct. R. 29.6, Respondents stateas follows:Respondent Maverick Recording Company is a joint venture between SR/MDM Venture Inc. andMaverick Partner Inc. The ultimate parent corpora-tion of both SR/MDM Venture Inc. and MaverickPartner Inc. is Warner Music Group Corp., which ispublicly traded in the United States.Respondent UMG Recordings, Inc.’s ultimateparent corporation is Vivendi S.A., a publicly heldFrench company.Respondent Arista Records LLC is a Delawarelimited liability company owned by Arista Music(formerly BMG Music), a New York general partner-ship, which is not publicly traded.Respondent Warner Bros. Records Inc.’s ultimateparent corporation is Warner Music Group Corp.,which is publicly traded in the United States.Respondent Sony BMG Music Entertainment,n/k/a Sony Music Entertainment, is a Delaware gen-eral partnership owned by Sony Music Holdings, Inc.(98%) and USCO Sub LLC (2%), neither of which ispublicly traded. Its ultimate parent corporation isSony Corporation (Japan) which is publicly traded inthe United States.
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