Splash News and Picture Agency, LLC v. Ben Taverniti, No. 2:2017cv08321 - Document 23 (C.D. Cal. 2018)

Court Description: FINAL JUDGMENT AND INJUNCTION by Judge Philip S. Gutierrez, in favor of Splash News and Picture Agency, LLC against Ben Taverniti: In accordance with the order granting Plaintiff Splash News and Picture Agency, LLC's application for default jud gment against Defendant Ben Taverniti, it is hereby ORDERED and ADJUDGED that: 1. Defendant must pay damages to Plaintiff in the total amount of $40,416.50, as follows: (see document for further details). Defendant and his agents, servants, e mployees, partners, successors, and assigns, and all those acting directly or indirectly in concert or participation with any of them, are permanently enjoined. Related to: APPLICATION for Default Judgment against Defendant Ben Taverniti 21 (MD JS-6. Case Terminated) (bm)

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Splash News and Picture Agency, LLC v. Ben Taverniti Doc. 23 E-FILED 12/18/18 TERM MOT #21 (1/7 HRG OFF) JS-6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 SPLASH NEWS AND PICTURE AGENCY, LLC, 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. 14 BEN TAVERNITI, and DOES 1 through 10, 15 16 Case No.: 2:17-cv-08321 PSG (KSx) Hon. Phillip S. Gutierrez FINAL JUDGMENT AND INJUNCTION Defendants. 17 18 In accordance with the order granting Plaintiff Splash News and Picture 19 Agency, LLC’s application for default judgment against Defendant Ben Taverniti, it 20 is hereby ORDERED and ADJUDGED that: 21 22 1. Defendant must pay damages to Plaintiff in the total amount of $40,416.50, as follows: 23 a. The principal amount of $30,000, as statutory damages under 24 17 U.S.C. § 504, for infringement of Plaintiff’s copyright in a 25 photograph 26 b. The principal amount of $5,000, under 17 U.S.C. § 1202, for 27 unauthorized removal of copyright management information on the 28 Image; 1 JUDGMENT Dockets.Justia.com 1 2 c. Costs, under 17 U.S.C. § 505, including reasonable attorney fees, in $4,066.50 the total amount of $5,416.50; PSG 2.69% 3 d. Post-judgment interest is to accrue at the rate of ___ per annum, in 4 accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1961, from the date of entry of this 5 Judgment until the judgment amount and all accrued interest is paid 6 in full; 7 2. Defendant and his agents, servants, employees, partners, successors, and 8 assigns, and all those acting directly or indirectly in concert or participation 9 with any of them, are permanently enjoined from infringing, directly or 10 indirectly, the exclusive rights of Plaintiff and its affiliates under the 11 Copyright Act, including but not limited to direct copyright infringement, 12 inducement to infringe copyrights, contributory copyright infringement, and 13 vicarious copyright infringement. 14 15 3. The Court retains jurisdiction of this matter for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Judgment. 16 17 18 Dated: 12/18/18 Phillip S. Gutierrez United States District Judge 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 JUDGMENT

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