Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania v. The Truth and Transparency Foundation et al, No. 1:2020cv03366 - Document 27 (S.D.N.Y. 2020)
Court Description: FINAL JUDGMENT AND PERMANENT INJUNCTION ON CONSENT: IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between Plaintiff Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania ("Watch Tower") and Defendants The Truth and Transparency Found ation, Ryan C. McKnight, and Ethan G. Dodge (together, "Defendants"), that this Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction on Consent be entered in the present action as set forth below without further notice or process; as set forth h erein. NOW THEREFORE, upon the consent and request of Watch Tower and Defendants, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that: 1. Defendants, and their agents, representatives, employees and other persons and enti ties acting in concert with them, are permanently enjoined, restrained and prohibited from (a) using or causing to be used, or inducing, authorizing or facilitating any third party to use, any of the Copyrighted Works in any medium includin g but not limited to the faithleaks.org website, and any other website operated or controlled, in whole or in part, by Defendants or any of them; and (b) using or causing to be used, or inducing, authorizing or facilitating any third par ty to use, any copyrighted works other than the Copyrighted Works, now in existence or to be created in the future, that are owned by Watch Tower or by entities that cooperate with Watch Tower. 2. No bond or posting of security is require d in connection with the entry of this Permanent Injunction. 3. All of the parties waive the right to appeal from or otherwise contest this Final Order and Judgment on Consent, which may be entered in the form and content set forth abov e without further notice to any party. The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to terminate the motions pending at docket entries 24 and 26 and then to close this case. (Signed by Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil on 10/2/2020) (Attachments: # 1 Appeal Package) (mro)
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Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania v. The Truth and Transparency Foundation et al UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Doc. 27 USDC SDNY DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC #: DATE FILED: 10/2/2020 WATCH TOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Plaintiff, -against- No. 1:20-cv-03366 (MKV) THE TRUTH AND TRANSPARENCY FOUNDATION, RYAN C. McKNIGHT, and ETHAN G. DODGE, Defendants. [PROPOSED] FINAL JUDGMENT AND PERMANENT INJUNCTION ON CONSENT IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between Plaintiff Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania (“Watch Tower”) and Defendants The Truth and Transparency Foundation, Ryan C. McKnight, and Ethan G. Dodge (together, “Defendants”), that this Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction on Consent be entered in the present action as set forth below without further notice or process: WHEREAS, Watch Tower is responsible for the creation and publication of works of authorship including literary works, works of visual art, musical works, and motion pictures; WHEREAS, Defendants without permission or license copied, reproduced, publicly displayed, publicly performed and distributed the 74 registered copyrighted motion pictures of Watch Tower identified on Schedule A hereto (the “Copyrighted Works”); and WHEREAS Watch Tower and Defendants have agreed to end this dispute on terms that include the entry of this Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction on Consent, and have consented to the entry of this Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction on Consent; Dockets.Justia.com NOW THEREFORE, upon the consent and request of Watch Tower and Defendants, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that: 1. Defendants, and their agents, representatives, employees and other persons and entities acting in concert with them, are permanently enjoined, restrained and prohibited from (a) using or causing to be used, or inducing, authorizing or facilitating any third party to use, any of the Copyrighted Works in any medium including but not limited to the faithleaks.org website, and any other website operated or controlled, in whole or in part, by Defendants or any of them; and (b) using or causing to be used, or inducing, authorizing or facilitating any third party to use, any copyrighted works other than the Copyrighted Works, now in existence or to be created in the future, that are owned by Watch Tower or by entities that cooperate with Watch Tower. 2. No bond or posting of security is required in connection with the entry of this Permanent Injunction. 3. All of the parties waive the right to appeal from or otherwise contest this Final Order and Judgment on Consent, which may be entered in the form and content set forth above without further notice to any party. Dated: September 30, 2020 Dated: September 30, 2020 /s/ Thomas Kjellberg Thomas Kjellberg (txk@cll.com) COWAN, LIEBOWITZ & LATMAN, P.C. 114 West 47th Street New York, NY 10036-1525 (212) 790-9200 /s/ Ryan E. Long Ryan E. Long (rlong@landapllc.com) LONG & ASSOCIATES PLLC 135 West 27th Street, 8th Floor New York, New York 10001 (212) 381-9637 IT IS SO ORDERED this 2 day of October , 2020. ___________________________________________ Mary Kay Vyskocil United States District Judge The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to terminate the motions pending at docket entries 24 and 26 and then to close this case.
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