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WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT INC. v. HOWARD, CV12-7775 GW (JCx). (2013)

Court: District Court, C.D. California Number: infdco20130205659 Visitors: 3
Filed: Feb. 04, 2013
Latest Update: Feb. 04, 2013
Summary: CONSENT DECREE AND PERMANENT INJUNCTION GEORGE H. WU, District Judge. The Court, having read and considered the Joint Stipulation for Entry of Consent Decree and Permanent Injunction that has been executed by Plaintiff Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc. ("Plaintiff") and Defendant Marty Howard, an individual and d/b/a as Amazon.com Seller 123 Collectibles DVD'S & CD's ("Defendant"), in this action, and good cause appearing therefore, hereby: ORDERS that based on the Parties' stipulation and
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CONSENT DECREE AND PERMANENT INJUNCTION

GEORGE H. WU, District Judge.

The Court, having read and considered the Joint Stipulation for Entry of Consent Decree and Permanent Injunction that has been executed by Plaintiff Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc. ("Plaintiff") and Defendant Marty Howard, an individual and d/b/a as Amazon.com Seller 123 Collectibles DVD'S & CD's ("Defendant"), in this action, and good cause appearing therefore, hereby:

ORDERS that based on the Parties' stipulation and only as to Defendant, his successors, heirs, and assignees, this Injunction shall be and is hereby entered in the within action as follows:

1) This Court has jurisdiction over the parties to this action and over the subject matter hereof pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq., and 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1338. Service of process was properly made against Defendant.

2) Plaintiff owns or controls the copyright or pertinent exclusive right to distribute or license the distribution of home video and digital products, including video home cassettes (VHS) as well as optical discs, including, but not limited to, digital versatile discs (DVDs) and Blu-ray discs (collectively "Media Products") incorporating the motion picture or television titles subject to the copyright registrations listed in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference (collectively referred to herein as "Plaintiff's Works").

3) Plaintiff has alleged that Defendant has made unauthorized uses of Plaintiff's Works or substantially similar likenesses or colorable imitations thereof.

4) Defendant and his agents, servants, employees, representatives, successor and assigns, and all persons, firms, corporations or other entities in active concert or participation with him who receive actual notice of the Injunction are hereby restrained and permanently enjoined from infringing — directly, contributorily or vicariously — or enabling, facilitating, permitting, assisting, soliciting, encouraging, inducing, authorizing, aiding or abetting, materially contributing to, or persuading anyone to infringe in any manner Plaintiff's Works, including, but not limited to, the following:

a) Copying, reproducing, downloading, distributing, uploading, linking to, transmitting, or publicly performing, or using trademarks, trade names or logos in connection with unauthorized Media Products containing any of Plaintiff's Works; b) Enabling, facilitating, permitting, assisting, soliciting, encouraging, abetting, or inducing any person or entity to copy, reproduce, download, distribute, upload, link to, transmit, or publicly perform any of Plaintiff's Works; or c) Profiting from the unauthorized copying, reproduction, downloading, distribution, uploading, linking to, transmission, or public performance of any of Plaintiff's Works while declining to exercise a right to stop or limit such unauthorized copying, reproduction, downloading, distribution, uploading, linking to, transmission, or public performance of any of Plaintiff's Works.

5) Each side shall bear its own fees and costs of suit.

6) Except as provided herein, all claims alleged in the Complaint are dismissed with prejudice.

7) This Injunction shall be deemed to have been served upon Defendant at the time of its execution by the Court.

8) The Court finds there is no just reason for delay in entering this Injunction and, pursuant to Rule 54(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Court directs immediate entry of this Injunction against Defendant.

9) The Court shall retain jurisdiction of this action to entertain such further proceedings and to enter such further orders as may be necessary or appropriate to implement and enforce the provisions of this Injunction.

10) The above-captioned action, shall, upon filing by Plaintiff of the Settlement Agreement, Stipulation for Entry of Judgment and Judgment Pursuant to Stipulation, and requesting entry of judgment against Defendant, be reopened should Defendant default under the terms of the Settlement Agreement.

11) This Court shall retain jurisdiction over Defendant for the purpose of making further orders necessary or proper for the construction or modification of this consent decree and judgment; the enforcement hereof; the punishment of any violations hereof; and for the possible entry of a further Judgment Pursuant to Stipulation in this action.

COPYRIGHT REGISTRATIONS

Registration No. Title Copyright Claimant A Thin Line Between Love New Line Productions, PA 791-384 and Hate Inc. RE 882-059; Babe (Widescreen Special Turner Entertainment Co. LP 44-949 Edition) (PWH) New Line Productions, PA 931-682 Blast From the Past Inc. Dr. Seuss' The Cat In The Hat RE 671-581 (Widescreen Edition) CBS Worldwide, Inc. New Line Productions, PA 951-217 Drop Dead Gorgeous Inc. Warner Bros. PA 415-590 Her Alibi Entertainment Inc. PA 39-609 It's Alive Larco Productions, Inc. PA 17-539 It's Alive 2: It Lives Again Larco Productions, Inc. Warner Bros. PA 364-606 It's Alive 3: Island of the Alive Entertainment Inc. R637954 Mighty Joe Young RKO Pictures, Inc. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Film Company & S L M PA 142-980 Poltergeist Entertainment, Ltd. Purple Films Company & Warner Bros. PA 227-976 Purple Rain Entertainment Inc. RE 704-367; Turner Entertainment Co. LP 34-487 The Dirty Dozen (PWH) Rankin/Bass Productions, Inc. (1977); PA 1-260-522 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1977); Pictures Inc.; Warner PRE 000-005-992 Bros. Entertainment Inc. (2012) The Hobbit (1977; 2012) (2012) The Lord of the Rings: The New Line Productions, PA 1-107-745 Fellowship of the Ring Inc. Lord Dritte Productions Deutschland Filmproduktion, GmbH & The Lord of the Rings: The Co. KG & New Line PA 1-201-547 Return of the King Productions, Inc. Lord Zweite Productions Deutschland The Lord of the Rings: The Filmproduktion, GmbH & Two Towers (Four-Disc Co. KG & New Line PA 1-119-134 Special Extended Edition) Productions, Inc.x New Line Productions, PA 1-232-756 The Notebook Inc. The Polar Express Warner Bros. PA 1-250-537 (Widescreen Edition) Entertainment, Inc. Warner Bros. PA 874-690 The Postman Entertainment Inc. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Chainsaw Productions II, PAu003065408 (2006) LLC Morgan Creek True Romance (Unrated Productions, Inc. PA 665-213 Director's Cut) (employer for hire) Warner Bros. PA 252-454 Vision Quest Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-795-517 Pilot Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-799-964 The Big Bran Hypothesis Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-799-962 The Fuzzy Boots Corollary Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-799-893 The Luminous Fish Effect Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-799-876 The Hamburger Postulate Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-799-894 The Middle Earth Paradigm Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-799-868 The Dumpling Paradox Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-799-872 The Grasshopper Experiment Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: The Cooper-Hofstadter Warner Bros. PA 1-799-890 Polarization Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-800-073 The Loobenfeld Decay Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-799-897 The Pancake Batter Anomaly Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-799-875 The Jerusalem Duality Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-799-899 The Bat Jar Conjecture Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-799-884 The Nerdvana Annihilation Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-799-886 The Pork Chop Indeterminacy Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-799-887 The Peanut Reaction Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-799-865 The Tangerine Factor Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-696-748 The Vartabedian Conundrum Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-696-743 The Euclid Alternative Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: The Cooper-Nowitzki Warner Bros. PA 1-696-733 Theorem Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-696-749 The Killer Robot Instability Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: The Dead Hooker Warner Bros. PA 1-696-751 Juxtaposition Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-696-752 The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-696-753 The Terminator Decoupling Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-696-755 The Lizard-Spock Expansion Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-696-756 The Griffin Equivalency Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-696-723 The Hofstadter Isotope Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-696-719 The Work Song Nanocluster Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-696-724 The Cushion Saturation Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-696-726 The Friendship Algorithm Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-696-727 The Monopolar Expedition Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-696-730 The Financial Permeability Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-696-734 The Barbarian Sublimation Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-696-745 The Vegas Renormailization Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-696-746 The Classified Materials Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-696-757 The Codpiece Topology Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-696-758 The Panty Pinata Polarization Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-696-761 The Bad Fish Paradigm Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: The White Asparagus Warner Bros. PA 1-696-763 Triangulation Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-696-765 The Maternal Capacitance Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-801-541 The Robotic Manipulaton Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: The Cruciferous Vegetable Warner Bros. PA 1-801-374 Amplification Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-801-411 The Zazzy Substitution Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-801-531 The Hot Troll Deviation Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-801-539 The Desperation Emanation Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-801-425 The Irish Pub Formulation Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-801-527 The Apology Insufficiency Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-801-375 The 21-Second Excitation Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-801-519 The Boyfriend Complexity Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-801-401 The Alien Parasite Hypothesis Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: The Justice League Warner Bros. PA 1-801-430 Recombination Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-801-421 The Bus Pants Utilization Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-801-538 The Love Car Displacement Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-801-521 The Thespian Catalyst Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-801-406 The Benefactor Factor Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-801-403 The Cohabitation Formulation Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-801-524 The Toast Derivation Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: The Prestidigitation Warner Bros. PA 1-801-407 Approximation Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-801-534 The Zarnecki Incursion Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-801-522 The Herb Garden Germination Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-801-382 The Agreement Dissection Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: The Wildebeest Warner Bros. PA 1-801-424 Implementation Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: Warner Bros. PA 1-801-540 The Engagement Reaction Entertainment Inc. THE BIG BANG THEORY: The Roommate Warner Bros. PA 1-801-517 Transmorgrification Entertainment Inc. TRUE BLOOD:: She's Not Home Box Office, Inc. PA 1-747-825 There TRUE BLOOD: You Smell Home Box Office, Inc. PA 1-747-826 Like Dinner TRUE BLOOD: If You Love Home Box Office, Inc. PA 1-748-869 Me, Why Am I Dyin? TRUE BLOOD: I'm Alive Home Box Office, Inc. PA 1-795-196 And On Fire TRUE BLOOD: ME And The Home Box Office, Inc. PA 1-795-199 Devil TRUE BLOOD: I Wish I Was Home Box Office, Inc. PA 1-751-681 The Moon TRUE BLOOD: Cold Grey Home Box Office, Inc. PA 1-756-282 Light Of Dawn PA 1-756-538 TRUE BLOOD: Spellbound Home Box Office, Inc. TRUE BLOOD: Let's Get Out Home Box Office, Inc. PA 1-756-541 Of Here TRUE BLOOD:: Burning Home Box Office, Inc. PA 1-756-540 Down The House PA 1-765-849 TRUE BLOOD: Soul Of Fire Home Box Office, Inc. TRUE BLOOD: And When I Home Box Office, Inc. PA 1-765-827 Die Warner Bros. PA 1-267-611 SMALLVILLE: Exile Entertainment Inc. Warner Bros. PA 1-267-610 SMALLVILLE: Phoenix Entertainment Inc. Warner Bros. PA 1-267-613 SMALLVILLE: Extinction Entertainment Inc. Warner Bros. PA 1-267-612 SMALLVILLE: Slumber Entertainment Inc. Warner Bros. PA 1-267-616 SMALLVILLE: Perry Entertainment Inc. Warner Bros. PA 1-267-615 SMALLVILLE: Relic Entertainment Inc. Warner Bros. PA 1-267-614 SMALLVILLE: Magnetic Entertainment Inc. Warner Bros. PA 1-267-609 SMALLVILLE: Shattered Entertainment Inc. Warner Bros. PA 1-267-608 SMALLVILLE: Asylum Entertainment Inc. Warner Bros. PA 1-267-607 SMALLVILLE: Whisper Entertainment Inc. Warner Bros. PA 1-267-597 SMALLVILLE: Delete Entertainment Inc. Warner Bros. PA 1-267-595 SMALLVILLE: Hereafter Entertainment Inc. Warner Bros. PA 1-267-598 SMALLVILLE: Velocity Entertainment Inc. Warner Bros. PA 1-267-596 SMALLVILLE: Obsession Entertainment Inc. Warner Bros. PA 1-267-599 SMALLVILLE: Resurrection Entertainment Inc. Warner Bros. PA 1-267-600 SMALLVILLE: Crisis Entertainment Inc. Warner Bros. PA 1-267-601 SMALLVILLE: Legacy Entertainment Inc. Warner Bros. PA 1-267-602 SMALLVILLE: Truth Entertainment Inc. Warner Bros. PA 1-267-603 SMALLVILLE: Memoria Entertainment Inc. Warner Bros. PA 1-267-604 SMALLVILLE: Talisman Entertainment Inc. Warner Bros. PA 1-267-605 SMALLVILLE: Forsaken Entertainment Inc. Warner Bros. PA 1-267-606 SMALLVILLE: Covenant Entertainment Inc. HARRY POTTER AND THE Warner Bros. PA 1-063-646 SORCERER'S STONE Entertainment Inc. HARRY POTTER AND THE Miracle Productions PA 1-105-748 CHAMBER OF SECRETS GmbH & Co. KG HARRY POTTER AND THE P of A Productions PA 1-222-542 PRISONER OF AZKABAN Limited HARRY POTTER AND THE Patalex IV Productions PA 1-279-121 GOBLET OF FIRE Limited HARRY POTTER AND THE Warner Bros. PA 1-355-547 ORDER OF THE PHOENIX Entertainment Inc. HARRY POTTER AND THE Warner Bros. PA 1-647-906 HALF-BLOOD PRINCE Entertainment Inc. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS Warner Bros. PA 1-721-904 PART 1 Entertainment Inc. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS Warner Bros. PA 1-742-099 PART 2 Entertainment Inc. GAME OF THRONES: Home Box Office, Inc. PA 1-736-232 Winter Is Coming GAME OF THRONES: The Home Box Office, Inc. PA 1-736-234 Kingsroad GAME OF THRONES: Lord Home Box Office, Inc. PA 1-737-694 Snow GAME OF THRONES: Home Box Office, Inc. Cripples, Bastards And Broken PA 1-737-699 Things GAME OF THRONES: The Home Box Office, Inc. PA 1-737-696 Wolf And The Lion GAME OF THRONES: A Home Box Office, Inc. PA 1-737-695 Golden Crown GAME OF THRONES: You Home Box Office, Inc. PA 1-750-434 Win Or You Die GAME OF THRONES: The Home Box Office, Inc. PA 1-738-431 Pointy End GAME OF THRONES: Home Box Office, Inc. PA 1-739-318 Baelor GAME OF THRONES: Fire Home Box Office, Inc. PA 1-740-116 And Blood JONNY QUEST: Peril of the Hanna-Barbera PA 320-326 Reptilian Productions, Inc. JONNY QUEST: Nightmares Hanna-Barbera PA 321-619 of Steel Productions, Inc. JONNY QUEST: Aliens Hanna-Barbera PA 327-582 Among Us Productions, Inc. JONNY QUEST: Deadly Hanna-Barbera PA 321-613 Junket Productions, Inc. JONNY QUEST: Forty Hanna-Barbera PA 321-635 Fathoms Into Yesterday Productions, Inc. JONNY QUEST: Vikong Hanna-Barbera PA 321-623 Lives Productions, Inc. JONNY QUEST: Secret of the Hanna-Barbera PA 321-627 Clay Warriors Productions, Inc. JONNY QUEST: The Hanna-Barbera PA 328-482 Monolith Man Productions, Inc. JONNY QUEST: Warlord of Hanna-Barbera PA 321-878 the Sky Productions, Inc. JONNY QUEST: The Scourge Hanna-Barbera PA 321-631 of Skyborg Productions, Inc. Hanna-Barbera PA 321-612 JONNY QUEST: Skulduggery Productions, Inc. JONNY QUEST: Temple of Hanna-Barbera PA 321-615 Gloom Productions, Inc. PA 321-614 JONNY QUEST: Creeping Hanna-Barbera Unknown Productions, Inc. PAu 2-231-862 OZ: The Routine Rysher Entertainment, Inc. OZ: Visits, Conjugal and PAu 2-231-865 Otherwise Rysher Entertainment, Inc. PAu 2-231-864 OZ: God's Chillin' Rysher Entertainment, Inc. Pau 2-231-861 OZ: Capital P Rysher Entertainment, Inc. PAu 2-231-863 OZ: Straight Life Rysher Entertainment, Inc. PAu 2-231-868 OZ: To Your Health Rysher Entertainment, Inc. PAu 2-231-867 OZ: Plan B Rysher Entertainment, Inc. PAu 2-231-866 OZ: A Game of Checkers Rysher Entertainment, Inc. PA 1-037-283 SIX FEET UNDER: Pilot Home Box Office, Inc. PA 1-037-284 SIX FEET UNDER: The Will Home Box Office, Inc. PA 1-039-044 SIX FEET UNDER: The Foot Home Box Office, Inc. PA 1-037-285 SIX FEET UNDER: Familia Home Box Office, Inc. SIX FEET UNDER: An Open PA 1-036-670 Book Home Box Office, Inc. SIX FEET UNDER: The PA 1-036-671 Room Home Box Office, Inc. SIX FEET UNDER: PA 1-036-669 Brotherhood Home Box Office, Inc. SIX FEET UNDER: PA 1-037-286 Crossroads Home Box Office, Inc. SIX FEET UNDER: Life's PA 1-037-287 Too Short Home Box Office, Inc. SIX FEET UNDER: The New PA 1-037-288 Person Home Box Office, Inc. PA 1-037-289 SIX FEET UNDER: The Trip Home Box Office, Inc. SIX FEET UNDER: A Private PA 1-037-290 Life Home Box Office, Inc. SIX FEET UNDER: Knock, PA 1-037-291 Knock Home Box Office, Inc.
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