UMG Recordings, Inc. et al v. Veoh Networks, Inc. et al, No. 2:2007cv05744 - Document 31 (C.D. Cal. 2007)

Court Description: NOTICE of Decision: Decision of Southern District of California Granting UMG Motion to Dismiss Veoh's Declaratory Judgment Action filed by Plaintiff Songs of Universal, Inc., Universal-Polygram International Publishing, Inc., Rondor Music International, Inc., Universal Music - MGB NA LLC, UMG Recordings, Inc., Universal Music - Z Tunes LLC, Universal Music - MBG Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Corp.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A# 2 Exhibit B)(Glatstein, Benjamin)

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Case 2:07-cv-05744-AHM-AJW Document 31 Filed 11/15/2007 Page 1 of 4 1 IRELL & MANELLA LLP Steven A. Marenberg (101033) (smarenberg@irell.com) 2 Elliot Brown (150802) (ebrown@irell.com) Brian Ledahl (186579) (bledahl@irell.com) 3 Benjamin Glatstein (242034) (bglatstein@irell.com) 1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 900 4 Los Angeles, California 90067-4276 Telephone: (310) 277-1010 5 Facsimile: (310) 203-7199 6 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 UMG RECORDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation; et al., 12 Plaintiffs, 13 vs. 14 VEOH NETWORKS, INC. a California 15 Corporation, 16 Defendant. 17 18 19 20 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. CV 07-5744 AHM (AJWx) NOTICE OF FILING OF SOUTHERN DISTRICT OPINION DISMISSING VEOH S DECLARATORY JUDGMENT COMPLAINT Date: Time: Ctrm: Judge: N/A N/A 14 Hon. A. Howard Matz Complaint Filed: September 4, 2007 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 IRELL & MANELLA LLP NOTICE OF FILING OF SOUTHERN DISTRICT COURT ORDER CASE NO. CV 07-5744 AHM (AJWx) A Registered Limited Liability Law Partnership Including Professional Corporations 1781354 Case 2:07-cv-05744-AHM-AJW 1 Document 31 Filed 11/15/2007 Page 2 of 4 UMG provides notice that on November 15, 2007, in the case Veoh 2 Networks, Inc. v. UMG Recordings, Inc., Case No. Case No. 07 CV 1568-W-BLM 3 (S.D. Cal.), previously pending in the Southern District of California, Judge Whelan 4 entered an opinion granting UMG s Motion to Dismiss Veoh s declaratory judgment 5 complaint. The order granting UMG s motion is attached hereto as Exhibit A, and 6 the Clerk s Judgment in a Civil Case is attached hereto as Exhibit B. 7 As UMG had argued, Judge Whelan concluded that: 8 [B]ecause Plaintiff [Veoh] does not reference any specific copyright, 9 even by way of example, the relief requested [by Veoh] would 10 necessarily take the form of an advisory opinion. 11 Court cannot determine whether a safe harbor for copyright 12 infringement exists without knowing which rights are at stake. Rather 13 than specific relief through a decree of conclusive character, 14 Plaintiff [Veoh] seeks a blanket validation of the ongoing legality of 15 their business model. Divorced from a particular dispute over specific 16 rights, Plaintiff s Prayer for Relief would have the Court declare a safe 17 harbor as equally applicable against Defendant as to any other 18 copyright holder. Succinctly, the 19 Exhibit A. at 5. 20 // 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // IRELL & MANELLA LLP A Registered Limited Liability Law Partnership Including Professional Corporations 1781354 -1- NOTICE OF FILING OF SOUTHERN DISTRICT COURT ORDER CASE NO. CV 07-5744 AHM (AJWx) Case 2:07-cv-05744-AHM-AJW 1 Document 31 Filed 11/15/2007 Page 3 of 4 The Court concluded in the alternative that even if dismissal were not 2 mandatory, it would have dismissed as a matter of discretion, explaining that 3 Veoh s filing was tactical, Ex. A. at 9, and was so ill-defined that the 4 Court suspects [Veoh s] use [of the Declaratory Judgment Act] is more a 5 bargaining chip than a sincere prayer for relief. Ex. A at 8. 6 7 Dated: November 15, 2007 8 Respectfully Submitted, IRELL & MANELLA LLP 9 10 By: 11 12 13 /s/ Benjamin Glatstein Steven A. Marenberg Elliot Brown Brian Ledahl Benjamin Glatstein 14 Attorneys for Plaintiffs UMG RECORDINGS, INC.; UNIVERSAL MUSIC CORP.; SONGS OF UNIVERSAL, INC.; UNIVERSAL-POLYGRAM INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING, INC.; RONDOR MUSIC INTERNATIONAL, INC.; UNIVERSAL MUSIC MGB NA LLC; UNIVERSAL MUSIC Z TUNES LLC; UNIVERSAL MUSIC MGB MUSIC PUBLISHING LTD. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 IRELL & MANELLA LLP A Registered Limited Liability Law Partnership Including Professional Corporations 1781354 -2- NOTICE OF FILING OF SOUTHERN DISTRICT COURT ORDER CASE NO. CV 07-5744 AHM (AJWx) Case 2:07-cv-05744-AHM-AJW Document 31 Filed 11/15/2007 Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 IRELL & MANELLA LLP A Registered Limited Liability Law Partnership Including Professional Corporations 1781354.1 03 - iii - NOTICE OF FILING OF SOUTHERN DISTRICT COURT ORDER CASE NO. CV 07-5744 AHM (AJWx) (Case No. CV 075744)

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