Case 2:16-cv-07210 Document 1 Filed 09/26/16 Page 1 of 26 Page ID #:1 1 Peter I. Ostroff, SBN 45718
[email protected] 2 Rollin A. Ransom, SBN 196126
[email protected] 3 Charlie J. Sarosy, SBN 302439
[email protected] 4 SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 555 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000 5 Los Angeles, California 90013 Telephone: +1 213 896-6000 6 Facsimile: +1 213 896-6600 7 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 UMG RECORDINGS, INC.; CAPITOL ) Case No.: 2:16-CV-07210 11 RECORDS, LLC; WARNER BROS. ) RECORDS INC.; WARNER MUSIC ) 12 LATINA INC.; SONY MUSIC ) COMPLAINT FOR: ENTERTAINMENT; SONY MUSIC ) 13 ENTERTAINMENT US LATIN LLC; ) 1. DIRECT COPYRIGHT ARISTA RECORDS LLC; ATLANTIC ) INFRINGEMENT; 14 RECORDING CORPORATION; ) ELEKTRA ENTERTAINMENT ) 2. CONTRIBUTORY COPYRIGHT 15 GROUP INC.; FUELED BY RAMEN, ) INFRINGEMENT; LLC; KEMOSABE RECORDS LLC; ) 16 LAFACE RECORDS LLC; ) 3. VICARIOUS COPYRIGHT NONESUCH RECORDS INC.; WEA ) INFRINGEMENT; 17 INTERNATIONAL INC.; ZOMBA ) RECORDING LLC, ) 4. INDUCEMENT OF 18 ) COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT; ) AND 19 Plaintiffs, ) ) 5. CIRCUMVENTION OF 20 v. ) TECHNOLOGICAL ) MEASURES 21 PMD TECHNOLOGIE UG d/b/a ) YouTube-mp3; PHILIP MATESANZ; ) 22 and DOES 1-10, ) DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL ) 23 Defendants. ) ) 24 ) 25 26 27 28 COMPLAINT Case 2:16-cv-07210 Document 1 Filed 09/26/16 Page 2 of 26 Page ID #:2 1 Plaintiffs UMG Recordings, Inc.; Capitol Records, LLC; Warner Bros. Records 2 Inc.; Warner Music Latina Inc.; Sony Music Entertainment; Sony Music 3 Entertainment US Latin LLC; Arista Records LLC; Atlantic Recording Corporation; 4 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc.; Fueled by Ramen, LLC; Kemosabe Records LLC; 5 LaFace Records LLC; Nonesuch Records Inc.; WEA International Inc.; and Zomba 6 Recording LLC (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), by and through their attorneys, hereby 7 allege as follows: 8 INTRODUCTION 9 1.