heavy presumption against such restraints with a thin copyright claim in a five-second performance.
The amended injunction issued February 28, 2014 is dissolved immediately and has no force or effect.
Conclusion
At this stage of the proceedings, we have no reason to question Garcia's claims that she was duped by an unscrupulous filmmaker and has suffered greatly from her disastrous association with the Innocence of Muslims film. Nonetheless, the district court did not abuse its discretion when it denied Garcia's motion for a preliminary injunction under the copyright laws.
AFFIRMED.
WATFORD, Circuit Judge, concurring in the judgment:
We don't have to craft new rules of copyright law to resolve this appeal. We just have to follow the law we established a few years ago, without controversy, on the subject of irreparable harm. The majority's decision to do more is a mistake in my view, and not just because much of what the majority says about copyright law may be wrong. See Dissent at 34–38. We are usually well advised to decide no more than we need to, even when resolving routine appeals typical of those we're likely to see in the future. We should be all the more cautious when resolving an appeal like this one, a case that could not be more atypical as far as copyright infringement actions go and one that is highly
