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  • Doe v. Geller et al
    Plaintiff uploaded to YouTube a portion of "Secrets of the Psychics," a NOVA video showing the magician James Randi challenging the performance techniques of Uri Geller. Subsequently, the defendants demanded that YouTube take down the video pursuant to the DMCA. Plaintiff seeks injunctive relief and damages for misrepresentation of copyright claims under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
    California Northern District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Plaintiff: John Doe, John Doe, John Doe Defendant: Uri Geller, Uri Geller, Explorologist Ltd., Explorologist Ltd.
    Last Docket Report Change Found: May 9, 2008
  • Atlantic Recording Corporation et al v. Project Playlist, Inc
    Plaintiffs Atlantic Recording Corporation, Capitol Records, LLC, Elektra Entertainment Group Inc., Interscope Records, Motown Record Company, L.P., Priority Records LLC, UMG Recordings, Inc., Virgin Records America, Inc., and Warner Bros. Records Inc. allege that Defendant Project Playlist, Inc. performs and reproduces Plaintiffs' valuable works without any authorization and without paying any compensation to Plaintiffs.
    New York Southern District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Plaintiff: Atlantic Recording Corporation, Capitol Records, LLC, Elektra Entertainment Group Inc., Interscope Records, Motown Record Company, L.P. and others...; Defendant: Project Playlist, Inc
    Last Docket Report Change Found: May 8, 2008
  • Shloss v. Sweeney et al
    Complaint for a declaratory judgment and injunction. Stanford author of biography of James Joyce's daughter in which the publisher redacted large amounts due to threats of lawsuit by Joyce estate. Author wanted to put supporting material on website. Raises issue of fsir use applied to scholarly...
    California Northern District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Plaintiff: Carol Loeb Shloss, Carol Loeb Shloss, Carol Loeb Shloss, Carol Loeb Shloss, Carol Loeb Shloss and others... Defendant: Sean Sweeney, The Estate of James Joyce
    Last Docket Report Change Found: May 8, 2008
  • Columbia Pictures Industries Inc v. Bunnell
    Plaintiffs filed a complaint against defendants for copyright infringement. Plaintiffs allege that defendants knowingly enable, encourage, induce and profit from massive online piracy of plaintiffs\' copyright works through the operation of their TorrentSpy website.
    California Central District Court
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Plaintiff: Columbia Pictures Industries Inc, Disney Enterprises Inc, Paramount Pictures Corporation, Tristar Pictures Inc, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and others...; Defendant: Justin Bunnell, Forrest Parker, Wes Parker, Valence Media LLC, Does
    Last Docket Report Change Found: May 8, 2008
  • Reinhardt v. Wal-mart Stores, Inc. et al
    Plaintiff Richard Reinhardt (p/k/a Richie Ramone) alleges that Defendants Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Apple, Inc., RealNetworks, Inc., Taco Tunes, Inc., Ramones Productions, Inc., Estate of John Cummings, Herzog & Strauss and Ira Herzog infringed on Plaintiff's copyright to six songs he authored while a member of The Ramones. Plaintiff alleges that he never licensed or authorized the use of his compositions in any digital formats.
    New York Southern District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Plaintiff: Richard Reinhardt Defendant: Wal-mart Stores, Inc., Apple, Inc., RealNetworks, Inc., Taco Tunes, Inc., Ramones Productions, Inc. and others...
    Last Docket Report Change Found: May 8, 2008
  • Recorded Books, LLC v. OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.
    Breach of contract, copyright, Lanham Act claims against OCLC/NetLibrary
    Maryland District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Plaintiff: Recorded Books, LLC, Recorded Books, LLC, Recorded Books, LLC, Recorded Books, LLC Defendant: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. Counter Claimant: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and others...
    Last Docket Report Change Found: May 7, 2008
  • Zomba Recording LLC v. Mario Aramando Lavandeira et al
    California Central District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Plaintiff: Zomba Recording LLC; Defendant: Mario Aramando Lavandeira, Jr, DOES 1 through 10 inclusive
    Last Docket Report Change Found: May 7, 2008
  • Marketing Info v. Board of Trustees, et al
    California Southern District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Plaintiff: Marketing Information Masters, Inc. Defendant: - Board of Trustees of the California State University System., Robert A Rauch
    Last Docket Report Change Found: May 7, 2008
  • Apple Corps Limited et al v. Fuego Entertainment, Inc. et al
    Florida Southern District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Plaintiff: Apple Corps Limited, Apple Corps Limited, Apple Corps Limited, Apple Records, Inc., Apple Records, Inc. and others... Defendant: Fuego Entertainment, Inc., Echo-Fuego Music Group LLC, Echo-Vista Inc., Hugo M. Cancio, Jeffery Collins
    Last Docket Report Change Found: May 7, 2008
  • Aguiar v. Webb et al
    Copyright and trademark infringement claims against documentary maker's promotional website and film trailer.
    Massachusetts District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Plaintiff: William V. Aguiar, III Defendant: Floyd Webb, Floyd Webb, Floyd Webb, Floyd Webb, Floyd Webb and others... Counter Claimant: Floyd Webb, Floyd Webb, Floyd Webb, Floyd Webb, Floyd Webb, Floyd Webb, Floyd Webb and others...
    Last Docket Report Change Found: May 7, 2008
  • Corbis Corporation vs. Arnold Moving Company, LLC
    Plaintiff licenses digital images to publishers, advertisers, design agencies, filmmakers and other creative professionals. Plaintiff alleges that WebTamers Web Promotion redesigned the website of Defendant Sterling International. In the course of the redesign, Defendant or its agents downloaded Corbis images and uploaded them to Defendant's website without authorization and without paying for them.
    California Eastern District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Plaintiff: Corbis Corporation, Corbis Corporation Defendant: Arnold Moving Company, LLC
    Last Docket Report Change Found: May 7, 2008
  • NBC Universal, Inc. v. Guthy-Renker Corporation et al
    California Central District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Plaintiff: NBC Universal, Inc., NBC Universal, Inc. Defendant: Guthy-Renker Corporation, Guthy-Renker Corporation, Guthy-Renker Corporation, Greg Garrison Productions, Inc., Greg Garrison Productions, Inc. and others... ThirdParty Defendant: Howard West, Shapiro/West Productions ThirdParty Plaintiff: Greg Garrison Productions, Inc., Greg Garrison Productions, Inc.
    Last Docket Report Change Found: May 7, 2008
  • The Football Association Premier League Limited et al v. Youtube, Inc. et al
    Plaintiff filed a class action law suit against YouTube and Google for allowing users to upload and distribute media that infringed on plaintiff's copyrights.
    New York Southern District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Plaintiff: The Football Association Premier League Limited, The Football Association Premier League Limited, The Football Association Premier League Limited, The Football Association Premier League Limited, The Football Association Premier League Limited and others... Defendant: Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc., Youtube, Inc. and others...
    Last Docket Report Change Found: May 7, 2008
  • Shloss v. Joyce
    California Northern District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Plaintiff: Carol Loeb Shloss; Defendant: Stephen James Joyce
    Last Docket Report Change Found: May 7, 2008
  • Ticketmaster LLC v. RMG Technologies Inc et al
    Plaintiff Ticketmaster LLC alleges that Defendant RMG Technologies Inc. has developed and marketed automated devices (i.e. Ticket Broker Acquisition Tool) to access and navigate through Ticketmaster's website, thereby infringing Ticketmaster's copyrights and violating the website's Terms of Use and a number of federal and state statutes. Plaintiff contends that Defendant's applications circumvent Plaintiff's access control and copy protection systems, including CAPTCHA, inundate Plaintiff's computers with thousands of automated requests thereby preventing ordinary customers from accessing the website, and enable Defendant's clients to purchase large quantities of tickets.
    California Central District Court
    Racketeer/Corrupt Organization
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Plaintiff: Ticketmaster LLC, Ticketmaster LLC, Ticketmaster LLC, Ticketmaster LLC, Ticketmaster LLC Defendant: RMG Technologies Inc, RMG Technologies Inc, RMG Technologies Inc, Does Counter Defendant: IAC/Interactive Corp, IAC/Interactive Corp, IAC/Interactive Corp, IAC/Interactive Corp, ROES, Ticketmaster LLC, Ticketmaster LLC, Ticketmaster LLC, Ticketmaster LLC and others...
    Last Docket Report Change Found: May 7, 2008
  • The Author's Guild et al v. Google Inc.
    Plaintiffs The Author's Guide. Herbert Mitgang, Betty Miles and Daniel Hoffman sued Google Inc. for reproducing a digital copy of plaintiffs' works without the copyright holders' permission and in violation of the authors' rights under the copyright laws.
    New York Southern District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Plaintiff: The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild, The Author's Guild and others... Defendant: Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc., Google Inc.
    Last Docket Report Change Found: May 6, 2008
  • Waka, LLC v. DCKickball et al
    Virginia Eastern District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Plaintiff: Waka, LLC Defendant: DCKickball, Carter Rabasa
    Last Docket Report Change Found: May 6, 2008
  • Shloss v. Joyce
    California Northern District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Plaintiff: Carol Loeb Shloss, Carol Loeb Shloss, Carol Loeb Shloss, Carol Loeb Shloss, Carol Loeb Shloss and others... Defendant: Stephen James Joyce
    Last Docket Report Change Found: May 6, 2008
  • Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. et al v. RDR Books et al
    Copyright, trademark and other claims against publisher of Harry Potter Lexicon, an unauthorized compendium of Harry Potter facts, plots, etc.
    New York Southern District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Plaintiff: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., J. K. Rowling, J. K. Rowling and others... Defendant: RDR Books, RDR Books, RDR Books, RDR Books, Does
    Last Docket Report Change Found: May 6, 2008
  • Perfect 10, Inc v. Microsoft, Inc et al
    Adult publisher alleges that Microsoft's MSN search engine makes thumbnail images available in search results that infringe publisher's copyrights. Related suits against Google and Amazon for similar claims.
    California Central District Court
    Copyright
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Plaintiff: Perfect 10, Inc, Perfect 10, Inc Defendant: Microsoft, Inc, Microsoft, Inc
    Last Docket Report Change Found: April 29, 2008