Universal City Studios Productions et al v. Videohybrid.COM et al

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CONSENT JUDGMENT by Judge Dale S. Fischer in favor of Columbia Pictures Industries, Disney Enterprises, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Universal City Studios, Uni versal City Studios Productions, Warner Bros. Entertainment and against Full Tilt Video LLC, Videohybrid.COM, Prashant Chaudhary and Sumant Sridharan. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED: Defendant has engaged in contributory copyright infri ngement and inducement of copyright infringement by identifying, organizing, and indexing on the website (www.videohybrid.com) links to infringing material, which has beenposted on third-party websites. Defendant is liable for damages to Plaintiffs in the amount of One Million and Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($1,075,000). (See document for further details) ( MD JS-6. Case Terminated ) (yl)

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ROBERT H. ROTSTEIN (SBN 72452), [e-mail] WADE B. GENTZ (SBN 249793), [e-mail] ERIC S. BOORSTIN (SBN 253724), [e-mail] MITCHELL SILBERBERG & KNUPP LLP 11377 West Olympic Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90064-1683 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Plaintiffs UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS PRODUCTIONS LLLP, a Delaware limited liability limited partnership; UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS LLLP, a Delaware limited liability limited partnership; COLUMBIA PICTURES INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation; DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC., a Delaware corporation; PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation; SCREEN GEMS, INC., a Delaware corporation; SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT INC., a Delaware corporation; TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation; and WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC., a Delaware corporation, Plaintiffs, v. VIDEOHYBRID.COM, a business entity of unknown form; FULL TILT VIDEO LLC, a California limited liability company; PRASHANT CHAUDHARY, an individual; SUMANT SRIDHARAN, an individual; and DOES 4 through 5, inclusive, Defendants. 1

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CASE NO. CV 07-07837 DSF (AJWx) Honorable Dale S. Fischer CONSENT JUDGMENT

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Plaintiffs Universal City Studios Productions LLLP, Universal City Studios LLLP, Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Disney Enterprises, Inc., Paramount Pictures Corporation, Screen Gems, Inc., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Inc., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (collectively, "Plaintiffs"), and Defendant Full Tilt Video LLC ("Defendant") having entered into a Stipulation for Entry of Judgment and the Court having entered an Order thereon, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED: 1. Defendant has engaged in contributory copyright infringement and inducement of copyright infringement by identifying, organizing, and indexing on the website (www.videohybrid.com) links to infringing material, which has been posted on third-party websites. 2. 3. Defendant is liable for damages to Plaintiffs in the amount of One Defendant and its agents, servants, employees, representatives, Million and Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($1,075,000). assigns, licensees, transferees, and all those acting in concert with Defendant, at its direction or within its control (collectively, "Defendant"): (a) (b) (c) shall immediately and permanently cease and desist from operating shall immediately and permanently cease and desist from operating shall immediately and permanently cease and desist from directly, videohybrid.com; any website that is substantially similar to videohybrid.com; and indirectly, contributorily, or vicariously infringing in any manner any copyright in any and all motion pictures, television programs, and other copyrighted works (or portions thereof), whether now in existence or later created, in which any Plaintiff (including its parents, subsidiaries, or affiliates) owns or controls an exclusive right under Section 106 of the United States Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 106) or pursuant to copyright laws 2

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of other countries or territories (the "Copyrighted Works"), including, but not limited to, engaging in any of the following without appropriate written authority or license from the appropriate Plaintiff: (i) copying, reproducing, downloading, distributing, uploading, linking to, transmitting, or publicly performing any of the Copyrighted Works; (ii) enabling, facilitating, permitting, assisting, soliciting, encouraging, inducing, or persuading any person or entity to copy, reproduce, download, distribute, upload, link to, transmit, or publicly perform any of the Copyrighted Works; and/or (iii) profiting or benefiting from the unauthorized copying, reproduction, downloading, distribution, uploading, linking to, transmission, or public performance of any of the Copyrighted 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 the Copyrighted works. (d) if necessary, shall cease to operate or assist in the operation of, and will not profit or benefit from, any website known or suspected by Defendant to be engaging in direct, indirect, contributory, or vicarious infringement of any of the Copyrighted Works; (e) shall not operate or, provide links to, assist or participate in any way in the operation of, or in any way profit or benefit from, any website that enables, facilitates, permits, assists, solicits, encourages, or induces the copying, reproduction, downloading, distributing, uploading, linking to, transmitting, or public performance of any of the Copyrighted Works, unless and until Defendant has obtained all necessary prior written authority or license for such Copyrighted Works from the appropriate Plaintiff. 3

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This injunction shall not apply to any Copyrighted Works for which

Defendant has obtained an appropriate written license from the Plaintiff that owns or controls the rights to such work, to the extent such license remains in force and valid. 5. Absent the prior written consent of Plaintiffs or their designee, Defendant shall not publicly release, distribute, sell, transfer or give away, for consideration or otherwise, any software, source code, object code, technology, domain name(s), trademark(s), brand(s), goodwill or any other property of any kind, in whole or in part, which is in any way related to http://www.videohybrid.com, including without limitation, by posting such materials on an internet web page or by offering such materials over any peer-topeer or file-trading network or any other medium. 6. Defendant irrevocably and fully waives notice of entry of the Consent Judgment and notice and service of the entered Consent Judgment and understands, confirms, and agrees that violation of the Consent Judgment will expose Defendant to all penalties provided by law, including contempt of Court. 7. Defendant irrevocably and fully waives any and all rights to appeal the Consent Judgment, to have it vacated or set aside, to seek or obtain a new trial thereon, or otherwise to attack in any way, directly or collaterally, its validity or enforceability. 8. Nothing contained in the Consent Judgment shall limit the right of Plaintiffs to seek relief, including without limitation, damages, for any and all infringements by Defendant of the Copyrighted Works occurring after the date Defendant executes this Stipulation for Entry of Judgment. 9. This Consent Judgment shall be deemed to have been served upon Defendant at the time of its execution by the Court.

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The Court finds there is no just reason for delay in entering this

Consent Judgment and, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(a), the Court directs immediate entry of this Consent Judgment against Defendant. 11. 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 Consent Judgment.

Dated: 1/12/09 The Honorable Dale S. Fischer United States District Judge Submitted by: Dated: January 9, 2009 ROBERT H. ROTSTEIN WADE B. GENTZ ERIC S. BOORSTIN MITCHELL SILBERBERG & KNUPP LLP By: /s/ Wade B. Gentz Wade B. Gentz Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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