FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC., et al v. AEREOKILLER LLC, et al

Filing 1

COMPLAINT against AEREOKILLER LLC,, FILMON.COM, INC,, FILMON.TV NETWORKS, INC.,, FILMON.TV, INC. with Jury Demand ( Filing fee $ 400 receipt number 0090-3336993) filed by UNIVERSAL NETWORK TELEVISION LLC,, TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION, NBC SUBSIDIARY (WRC-TV) LLC,, NBC STUDIOS LLC,, AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC., TELEMUNDO NETWORK GROUP LLC,, ALLBRITTON COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.,, DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.,, OPEN 4 BUSINESS PRODUCTIONS LLC,, FOX BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit Exhibit B, # 3 Civil Cover Sheet, # 4 Summons)(Hussain, Murad)

EXHIBIT B

Illustrative Copyright Registrations
No.
1.
2.

3.
4.

5.
6.

7.
8.
9.

Program Title
King of the Hill;
“Movin’ on Up”
The Simpsons;
“Angry Dad: The
Movie”
The Simpsons
“The Scorpion’s Tale”
King of the Hill;
“Won’t You Pimai
Neighbor?”
Ben and Kate;
“B-Squad”
Raising Hope;
“Not Indecent, But Not
Quite a Decent Enough
Proposal”
New Girl;
“Parents”
Bones;
“The Tiger in the Tale”
Fox 5 News Edge @ 6

Broadcast
Date
05/07/2013
05/08/2013

05/09/2013
05/09/2013

05/11/2013
05/20/2013

05/20/2013
05/24/2013
05/27/2013

10. Fox 5 News @ 10
11. Fox 5 News @ 10

05/29/2013

13. News4 at 11pm

5/27/2013

14. News4 at 11pm

2

05/28/2013

12. Fox 5 News at 5

1

05/27/2013

5/28/2013

Copyright Owner
Twentieth Century Fox
Film Corporation
Twentieth Century Fox
Film Corporation

PA-1-725-904

Twentieth Century Fox
Film Corporation
Twentieth Century Fox
Film Corporation

PAU-3-487-5861

Twentieth Century Fox
Film Corporation
Twentieth Century Fox
Film Corporation

PAU-3-646-5952

Twentieth Century Fox
Film Corporation
Twentieth Century Fox
Film Corporation
Fox Television
Stations, Inc.

PA-1-827-971

Fox Television
Stations, Inc.
Fox Television
Stations, Inc.
Fox Television
Stations, Inc.
NBC Subsidiary
(WRC-TV) LLC

NBC Subsidiary
(WRC-TV) LLC

Screenplay registration provided. Motion picture registration pending.
Id.

2197761.2

Motion Picture
Registration
PA-982-597

PA-1-016-475

PA-1-812-841

PA-1-817-289
See Advance Notice
of Potential
Infringement, date
5/23/2013, appended
hereto
Id.
Id.
Id.
See Advance Notice
of Potential
Infringement, date
5/23/2013, appended
hereto
Id.

No.

Program Title

Broadcast
Date
3/13/2013

NBC Studios LLC

Motion Picture
Registration
PA-1-830-292

3/30/2013

NBC Studios LLC

PA-1-830-270

4/6/2013

NBC Studios LLC

PA-1-815-703

4/27/2013

NBC Studios LLC

PA-1-821-031

3/23/2013

Universal Network
Television LLC

PA-1-821-032

3/28/2013

Universal Network
Television LLC

PA-1-821-033

4/25/2013

Universal Network
Television LLC
Universal Network
Television LLC
Open 4 Business
Productions LLC

PA-1-831-379

Open 4 Business
Productions LLC
Open 4 Business
Productions LLC
Telemundo Network
Group LLC

PA-1-830-272

15. Whitney;
“Hello Giggles”
16. Saturday Night Live;
# 1629
17. Saturday Night Live;
# 1625
18. Saturday Night Live;
# 1627
19. Law & Order: Special
Victim’s Unit;
“Lessons Learned”
20. Law & Order: Special
Victim’s Unit;
“Vanity’s Bonfire”
21. The Office;
“Roy’s Wedding”
22. The Office;
“Work Bus”
23. Go On;
“Videogame, Set,
Match
24. Chicago Fire;
“It Ain’t Easy”
25. Grimm;
“Over My Dead Body”
26. Al Rojo Vivo

5/29/2013

27. Al Rojo Vivo

5/30/2013

28. America’s Funniest
Home Videos;
# 2306
29. America’s Funniest
Home Videos;
# 2307
30. Once Upon A Time;
“Queen of Hearts”
(209)
31. Castle;
“The Final Frontier”
(507)

4/7/2013

2197761.2

5/9/2013
3/12/2013

3/13/2013
4/12/2013

Copyright Owner

Telemundo Network
Group LLC
American Broadcasting
Companies, Inc.

PA-1-815-495
PA-1-820-990

PA-1-812-321
See Advance Notice
of Potential
Infringement, date
5/23/2013, appended
hereto
Id.
PA 1-819-912

4/14/2013

American Broadcasting
Companies, Inc.

PA 1-825-046

3/31/2013

Disney Enterprises,
Inc.

PA 1-826-381

4/8/2013

Disney Enterprises,
Inc.

PA-1-819-262

No.

Program Title

32. Nashville;
“Lovesick Blues” (107)
33. Nashville;
“Where He Leads Me”
(108)
34. ABC 7 News at 6

35. ABC 7 News at 6

2197761.2

Broadcast
Date
4/17/2013
4/24/2013

Copyright Owner
Disney Enterprises,
Inc.
Disney Enterprises,
Inc.

5/27/2013

Allbritton
Communications
Company

5/28/2013

Allbritton
Communications
Company

Motion Picture
Registration
PA-1-825-476
PA-1-824-597

See Advance Notice
of Potential
Infringement, date
5/23/2013, appended
hereto
Id.

Certificate of Registration
9.sTATEs.o

This Certificate issued under the seal of the Copyright
Office in accordance with title 17,United States Code,
attests that registration has been made for the work
identified below. The information on this certificate has
been made a part of the Copyright Office records.

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Registration Number

PAu 3-646-595

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Register of Copyrights, United States of America

Effective date of
registration:

November 21, 2012

Title
Title of Work : BEN AND KATE Series - B-SQUAD Episode (TV - SCREENPLAY)

Completion/ Publication
Year of Completion:

2012

Author
Author : Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Author Created:
Work made for hire:
Domiciled in:

text
Yes
United States

Copyright claimant
Copyright Claimant:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
P.O. Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA, 90213, United States

Certification
Name:
Date:
Applicant's Tracking Number :

Mary McGuire
November 19, 2012
1AVE10

Page 1 of 1

Registration #: PAU003646595
Service Request #: 1-853311859

Fox Group Legal
Mary McGuire

P.O. Box 900
2121/2233
Beverly Hills, CA 90213

Certificate of Registration
This Certificate issued under the seal of the Copyright
Office in accordance with title 17,United States Code,
attests that registration has been made for the work
identified below. The information on this certificate has
been made a part of the Copyright Office records.

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Registration Number

PA 1-812-841

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,635'1870'

Effective date of
registration:
Register of Copyrights, United States of America

October16,2012

Title
Title of Work : RAISING HOPE Series - NOT INDECENT, BUT NOT QUITE A DECENT ENOUGH
PROPOSAL Episode (TV - MOTION PICTURE)

Completion/ Publication
Year of Completion:
Date of 1st Publication :

2012
September 21, 2012

Na ti on of 1st Publication : United States

Author
Author : Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Author Created :
Work made for hire:
Domiciled in:

entire motion picture
Yes
United States

Copyrightclaimant
Copyright Claimant :

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

P.O. Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA, 90213, United States

Limitation of copyrightclaim
Material excluded from this claim :

script/screenplay

Previous registration and year : Pending
New material included in claim :

2012

all other cinematographic material

Certification
Name:
Date:
App licant 's Tracking Number :

Mary McGuire
October 4, 2012
3ARY01

Page 1 of I

Registration #: PA0001812841
Se rv ice Request #: 1-832792204

Fox Group Legal
Mary McGuire
P.O. Box 900
2121/2233

Beverly Hills, CA 90213

Certificate of Registration
This Certificate issued under the seal of the Copyright
Office in accordance with title 17, United StatesCode,
attests that registration has been made for the work
identified below. The information on this certificate has
been made a part of the Copyright Office records.

Registration Number

PA 1-827-971
Effective date of
registration:
Register of Copyrights, United States of America

December 14, 2012

Title
Title of Work : NEW GIRL Series - PARENTS Episode (TV - MOTION PICTURE)
NEW GIRL Series - THANKSGIVING 2 Episode

Completion/Publication
Year of Completion:

2012

Date of 1st Publication : November 20, 2012

Nation of 1st Publication : United States

Author
Author :

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Author Created : entire motion picture
Work made for hire:
Domiciled in:

Yes
United States

Copyright claimant
Copyright Claimant :

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
P.O. Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA, 90213, United States

Limitation of copyright claim
Material excluded from this claim :

script/screenplay

Previous registration and year : Pending
New material included in claim :

2012

all other cinematographic material

Certification
Name:
Date:
Applicant 's Tracking Number :

Mary McGuire
December 10, 2012
2ATM08

Page 1 of I

Registration #: PA0001827971
Service Request#: 1-862674574

Fox Group Legal
Mary McGuire
P.O. Box 900
2121/2233
Beverly Hills, CA 90213

Certificate of Registration
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Certificate

issued

under

the

seal

of the

Copyright

Office in accordance with title 17,United States Code,
attests that registration has been made for the work
identified below. The information on this certificate has
been made a part of the Copyright Office records.

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Registration Number
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1-817-289

PA

Effective date of
registration:

CLA , -U%

Register of Copyrights, United States of America

November 7, 2012

Title
Title of Work: BONES Series - THE TIGER IN THE TALE Episode (TV - MOTION PICTURE)

Completion Publication
/
Year of Completion:

2012

Date of 1st Publication : October 8, 2012

Nation of 1st Publication : United States

Author
Author:
Author Created :
Work made for hire:
Domiciled in:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
entire motion picture
Yes
United States

Copyrightclaimant
Copyright Claimant :

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
P.O. Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA, 90213, United States

Limitation of copyrightclaim
Material excluded from this claim :

script/screenplay

Previous registration and year : PAu 3-634-840

2012

New material included in claim : all other cinematographic material

Certification
Name:

Mary McGuire

Date: October 29, 2012
Applicant' s Tracking Number :

8AKY03

Page 1 of 1

Registration #: PA0001817289
Service Request #: 1-844142501

Fox Group Legal
Mary McGuire
P.O. Box 900
2121/2233
Beverly Hills, CA 90213

CHICAGO

LOS ANGELES

NEW YORK

WASHINGTON, DC

J E N N E R & B L O C K L L F

Julie A. Shepard
Tel [phone]
Fax [phone]
j shepard@j enner.com

May 23, 2013

VIA EMAIL AND FIRST CLASS MAIL
Copyright Agent for: www.filmon.com,
www.filmonx. com, www. lenovo.filmon. com
and related apps
[e-mail]
Aereokiller LLC
400 E. 58th Street, Apt. 8B
New York, NY 10022

Jaime Marquart, Esq.
Ryan Baker, Esq.
BAKER MARQUART
^th
10990 Wilshire Blvd., 4* Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90024
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

FilmOnTV, Inc.
FilmOn.TV Networks, Inc.,
FilmOn.Com, Inc.
301 N. Canon Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210

ADVANCE NOTICE OF POTENTIAL INFRINGEMENT
To Whom It May Concern:
On behalf of our client Fox Television Stations, Inc. ("Fox"), we hereby submit this
advance notice of potential infringement to Aereokiller LLC, FilmOn.TV Networks, Inc.,
FilmOn.TV, Inc., and FilmOn.com, Inc. (collectively, "Aereokiller"), pursuant to Section 411(c)
(formerly 411(b)) of the United States Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 411(c), and Section 201.22 of
the Copyright Office's regulations, 37 C.F.R. § 201.22 (2011). The FCC has licensed Fox to
operate the television station identified by the call letters WTTG, the signal of which is broadcast
to viewers over-the-air on channel 5 in the Washington, DC market.
WTTG will telecast the following programs from May 27, 2013 - May 29, 2013:
Program

Air Date

Time (Eastern)

Channel

Fox 5 News Edge @ 6
Fox 5 News @ 10
Fox 5 N e w s ® 10
Fox 5 News at 5

May 27, 2013
May 27, 2013
May 28, 2013
May 29, 2013

6:00 pm-6:30 pm
10:00 pm-11:00 pm
10:00 pm-11:00 pm
5:00 pm-6:00 pm

WTTG, Channel 5
WTTG, Channel 5
WTTG, Channel 5
WTTG, Channel 5

633 WEST 5TH STREET SUITE 3600 LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA 90071-2091

WWW.JENNER.COM

May 23, 2013
Page 2
Each telecast will be a copyrighted work consisting of sounds and images, the first
fixation of which will be mkle simultaneously with its transmission. Fox will be considered the
author of these works upon their fixation. Furthermore, as the copyright owner. Fox intends to
secure copyright in these wbrks upon their fixation.
Fox objects to Aereokiller's streaming of these telecasts to Aereokiller users or
subscribers via the Aereokiller service (including, but not limited to, the services available at
www.filmon.com, www.filiinonx.com, www.lenovo.filmoh.com, and/or via apps available for
iPhones, iPads, Android ph6nes, other Smart Phones, Facebook, Lenovo computers, or Windows
8). Aereokiller's streaming! of these telecasts would, if carried out, subject Aereokiller to
liability for copyright infringement. In view of this notice, such infringement would be willful.
This notice does not purport to be a full or complete statement of the facts or the law and
is without prejudice to any rights, claims, and remedies available to Fox, whether legal or
equitable in nature, all of which are expressly reserved.
Please contact the undersigned, a duly authorized agent of Fox, if you have any
questions about this notice.
Sincerely,

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