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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
CASE NO.: 1:21-cv-22825
SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT; SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT US LATIN LLC; ZOMBA RECORDING LLC; ARISTA MUSIC; ARISTA RECORDS LLC; LAFACE RECORDS LLC; RECORDS LABEL, LLC; VOLCANO ENTERTAINMENT III LLC,
Plaintiffs, v.
VITAL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. d/b/a BANG ENERGY AND JACK OWOC, AN INDIVIDUAL,
Defendants. ______/
COMPLAINT AND DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL
Plaintiffs, Sony Music Entertainment; Sony Music Entertainment US Latin LLC; Zomba
Recording LLC; Arista Music; Arista Records LLC; LaFace Records LLC; Records Label, LLC;
and Volcano Entertainment III LLC (collectively, “Sony Music”), hereby collectively file this
Complaint and Demand for Jury Trial against the defendant Vital Pharmaceuticals, Inc. d/b/a Bang
Energy (“Bang”) and Bang’s Chief Executive Officer, Jack Owoc (“Owoc”) (together, the “Bang
Defendants”).
INTRODUCTION
1. Sony Music has been at the forefront of recorded music for nearly a century. Sony
Music produces, manufactures, distributes, sells, and licenses some of the most iconic and popular
sound recordings of all time, from Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”, AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck”, Bruce
Springsteen’s “Born in the U.S.A.” to recent hits such as Doja Cat’s “Say So”, Lil Nas X’s “Old
Town Road” and 24kGoldn’s “Mood”, to countless hits in between.
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2. Bang is a brand of energy drinks and sports nutrition supplements. It touts itself as
“the nation’s leading energy and lifestyle brand.” Bang has experienced meteoric growth; is now
the third highest-selling energy drink in the United States; and sells products in more than 37
countries. In 2020, Bang’s energy drinks experienced year-over-year growth of 80.8%, and $780
million in sales.1
3. Owoc is Bang’s Chief Executive Officer.
4. Bang’s explosive growth has been amplified by its use of social media. The Bang
Defendants actively market Bang and Bang-related products (i.e., Bang energy shots) on social
media, including TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook apps and related websites to increase
Bang’s reach, brand value and sales.
5. Bang’s TikTok account (username @bangenergy) has approximately 1.4 million
followers and 4.1 million likes. Owoc’s TikTok account (username @bangenergyceo) separately
had 771,000 plus followers and garnered more than 1.9 million likes. Bang’s hashtag (#bangenergy)
has garnered over 14.1 billion TikTok views, while #bandenergydrink has stirred another 40.8
million views.
6. Bang’s Instagram account (username @bangenergy) has 2.2 million followers and
Owoc’s Instagram account (username @bangenergy.ceo) has 1.1 million followers. On Instagram,
Bang’s hashtag (#bangenergy) has 363,000 posts, while the hashtag #bangenergydrink has nearly
50,000 posts.
7. The Bang Defendants’ Facebook account (username @BANGenergy) has over
100,000 followers and nearly 100,000 likes.
1 See https://www.bevindustry.com/articles/93233-state-of-the-beverage-industry-energy-drinks- mixes-maintain-steady-growth (last accessed August 3, 2021).
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8. The Bang Defendants have relied on Bang and Owoc’s social media accounts
(together, the “Social Media Accounts”) to promote Bang’s products regularly posting videos
displaying Bang Energy products including its energy drinks, energy shots and Bang-branded
apparel. The Bang Defendants’ videos are choreographed to famous copyrighted sound recordings
and musical compositions.
9. The Bang Defendants brag loudly about the billions of views that their videos have
received but have been silent since Sony Music demanded an explanation for the unauthorized use
of at least 132 copyrighted sound recordings – owned or exclusively licensed by Sony Music – in
no less than 209 videos posted on the Social Media Accounts.
10. Sony Music informed the Bang Defendants of their infringing use of Sony Music’s
copyrighted material during a telephone call with Bang’s in-house counsel on April 6, 2021 and
through a letter sent to Bang on April 13, 2021. In response, the Bang Defendants meekly stated
that its Legal Department did not agree with Sony Music’s contentions of infringement, but failed
to provide any basis for their disagreement.
11. In its communications with the Bang Defendants, Sony Music specifically identified
the posts where its copyrighted material was used without its permission.
12. Despite being provided with a detailed list of infringing posts, the Bang Defendants
nonetheless continued to use Sony Music’s copyrighted musical work in their videos as well as
make new infringing videos.
13. Figure 1, for example, is a screen capture from the Bang Defendants’ TikTok
Account featuring lip-synching to Sony Music’s recording of “Please Don’t Go” by Mike Posner.
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Figure 1
14. Figure 2 is a screen capture of several Bang Influencers wearing Bang Energy
branded clothing and dancing to Sony Music’s recording of “Bad” by Michael Jackson.
Figure 2
15. Figure 3 is a screen capture of an Instagram post of a Bang Influencer wearing Bang
Energy branded clothing and dancing to Sony Music’s recording of “Roxanne” by Arizona Zervas.
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Figure 3
16. Figure 4 below is a screen capture of unauthorized use of Sony Music’s recording
of “Shake It” by Metro Station in an Instagram post promoting Bang’s energy drink.
Figure 4
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17. Sony Music’s massive investments in recorded music are protected by copyright
law, which grants Sony Music the exclusive rights to, among other things, reproduce, distribute,
publicly perform, transmit, and create derivative works of, its sound recordings.
18. An important portion of Sony Music’s return on its investment in recorded music –
which it shares with its exclusive recording artists – comes from licensing its recordings and music
videos to others who use Sony Music’s works in videos, television shows, commercials, on social
media, and the like, just like the Bang Defendants have done.
19. Indeed, the Bang Defendants’ use of Sony Music’s sound recordings is precisely the
type of use upon which Sony Music has built its robust licensing business.
20. The Bang Defendants’ conduct has caused and continues to cause substantial and
irreparable harm to Sony Music, while enriching the Bang Defendants at Sony Music’s expense
and to the detriment of the copyrighted musical works owned and/or controlled by Sony Music.
This action seeks to hold the Bang Defendants responsible for their two-hundred-plus acts of willful
copyright infringement of Sony Music’s copyrighted sound recordings, including the Bang
Defendants’ unauthorized copying, public performance, digital transmission and creation of
derivative works.
21. By this lawsuit, Sony Music seeks to stop the infringement and to obtain
compensation for the Bang Defendants’ massive, willful, and deliberate campaign of copyright
infringement.
JURISDICTION AND VENUE
22. This is a civil action seeking damages and injunctive relief for copyright
infringement under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.
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23. The Court has jurisdiction over this action pursuant to 17 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq., 28
U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1338, and 1367.
24. The Court has personal jurisdiction over the Bang Defendants because, among other
things: (a) Bang is a Florida corporation with its headquarters and principal address located in the
State of Florida; (b) Owoc is domiciled in the State of Florida; (c) the Bang Defendants are doing
and have been doing business continuously in the State of Florida; (d) a substantial part of the
wrongful acts committed by the Bang Defendants occurred in the State of Florida, including by
reproducing, distributing, preparing derivative works based upon, and publicly performing Sony
Music’s copyrighted works within the State of Florida; and (e) the Bang Defendants’ conduct causes
injury to, and is directed at, Sony Music and their intellectual property in the State of Florida.
25. Venue is proper in this District pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b) because the Bang
Defendants “reside” in this District and a substantial part of the events giving rise to Sony Music’s
claims occurred in this District. Also, Sony Music has been injured in this District as a result of the
Bang Defendants’ infringing conduct.
THE PARTIES A. Plaintiffs.
26. Plaintiff Sony Music Entertainment (“SME”) is a Delaware general partnership, the
partners of which are citizens of New York and Delaware. SME’s headquarters and principal place
of business are located at 25 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010.
27. Plaintiff Sony Music Entertainment US Latin LLC (“Sony Latin”) is a Delaware
Limited Liability Company with its principal place of business at 3390 Mary St., Suite 220, Coconut
Grove, Florida 33133.
28. Plaintiff Volcano Entertainment III, LLC (“Volcano”) is a Delaware Limited
Liability Company with its principal place of business at 25 Madison Avenue, New York, New
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York 10010.
29. Plaintiff Zomba Recording LLC (“Zomba”) is a Delaware Limited Liability
Company with its principal place of business at 25 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010.
30. Plaintiff Arista Music (“Arista Music”) is a New York partnership with its principal
place of business at 25 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010.
31. Plaintiff Arista Records LLC (“Arista Records”) is a Delaware Limited Liability
Company with its principal place of business at 25 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010.
32. Plaintiff Records Label, LLC (“Records Label”) is a Delaware Limited Liability
Company with its principal place of business at 25 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010.
33. Plaintiff LaFace Records LLC (“LaFace”) is a Delaware Limited Liability Company
with its principal place of business at 25 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010.
34. Sony Latin, Volcano, Zomba, Arista Music, Arista Records, Records Label, and
LaFace are companies owned by or affiliated with SME and are collectively referred to as the “Sony
Entities” (collectively, Sony Entities and SME are referred to as “Sony Music,” as indicated above).
35. Sony Music is engaged in the business of producing sound recordings and
distributing, selling, and/or licensing the reproduction, distribution, sale, preparation of derivative
works based upon, and performance of sound recordings in phonorecords (as defined in 17 U.S.C.
§ 101), in audiovisual works, and for streaming (i.e., performing) and for downloading over the
Internet and through other mediums. Sony Music invests substantial money, time, effort, and
creative talent in discovering and developing recording artists, and in creating, advertising,
promoting, selling, and licensing sound recordings embodying the performances of their exclusive
recording artists and their unique and valuable sound recordings.
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36. Sony Music owns copyrights and/or exclusive rights in and to many of the most
popular sound recordings in the world – including by way of example, “…Baby One More Time”
by Britney Spears, “Sexy Back” by Justin Timberlake, and “All I Want For Christmas Is You” by
Mariah Carey– as well as the other recordings identified on the attached Exhibit 1 (the
“Recordings”). The Sony Music plaintiffs respectively: (a) own or exclusively control copyrights
in the Recordings and possess certificates of copyright registration in the Recordings; (b) have, as
it relates to some works, applied for certificates of copyright registration in the Recordings but have
not yet received registrations due to the current backlog at the U.S. Copyright Office;2 and (c) have
the rights to pursue this claim for works originating outside of the United States under the Berne
Convention.
37. As the owner of copyrights in the Recordings, Sony Music possesses the exclusive
rights to, among other things, reproduce the Recordings in copies or phonorecords, to prepare
derivative works based upon the Recordings, to distribute copies or phonorecords of the Recordings
to the public, to perform the Recordings publicly by means of a digital audio transmission and to
license these exclusive rights, including over the Internet.
B. Defendants.
38. Bang is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Florida, with its principal place of business in Broward County, Florida.
39. Owoc is the Chief Executive Officer of Bang and is domiciled in the State of Florida.
SONY MUSIC’S SOUND RECORDINGS
40. Sony Music is home to some of the world’s most distinguished record labels,
2 Plaintiffs will amend the Complaint after receiving additional certificates of copyright registration.
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including Columbia Records, RCA Records, Sony Nashville, Arista Records, and Epic Records,
through which it contracts with its world-class recording artists.
41. Sony Music’s roster includes some of the world’s most famous artists, spanning over
decades. In addition to well-known artists, Sony Music invests heavily in signing and developing
new artists, and in marketing and promoting their recordings.
42. Sony Music generally invests on the front end of an artist’s career – through
advances, recording, marketing, creative services, promotion, and more – betting that it can help
the artist, and that the artist’s recordings achieve success.
43. Sony Music might see a return on its investment if an artist’s recordings are
commercially successful.
44. Sony Music’s financial incentives to invest in artists and their music flow directly
from the protections afforded by copyright.
45. SME and the Sony Entities are, and at all times relevant to this proceeding were, the
sole owners or exclusive licensees of all right, title, and interest in and to the copyrights in the sound
recordings at issue.
46. SME’s and the Sony Entities’ (or their licensor’s) copyrights in the sound recordings
at issue are valid and are registered with the United States Copyright Office.
SONY MUSIC’S LICENSING BUSINESS
47. Sony Music exploits its sound recording copyrights through physical sales and
digital distribution (such as downloads), as well as through licensing to third parties.
48. Licensing the use of sound recordings – including for use in internet-based media –
is a substantial revenue driver for all music companies, including Sony Music, especially over the
last decade.
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49. For example, Sony Music regularly licenses its sound recordings for use in films,
video games, television, and social media via the internet.
50. Sony Music has licensing agreements with many types of companies. For example,
a license to Peloton allows it to use Sony Music’s sound recordings to create themed fitness class
videos.
51. Sony Music has also licensed its sound recordings to various companies that
compete with Bang, including without limitation Monster Energy and Red Bull, as well as to
companies in related markets, often including the right to use the Sony Music content on the
Internet.
52. Those who use Sony Music’s sound recordings, whether in streaming services,
social media, commercials, videos, or otherwise, are obligated to follow copyright laws and obtain
permission from Sony Music.
DEFENDANTS’ INFRINGING CONDUCT
A. The Bang Defendants Rely on Social Media to Grow their Business.
53. Bang is the self-proclaimed “nation’s leading energy and lifestyle brand.”3 Bang
claims to “develop the world’s most effective muscle, appearance and performance-enhancing
supplementation, beverages and nutrition.”4
54. Bang products, including its energy drinks and sports nutrition supplements, are sold
in all 50 states in the United States and in 37 countries worldwide. (Id.)
55. To gain market share and to grow Bang’s business, the Bang Defendants have relied
on an aggressive and conspicuous social media campaign. The Bang Defendants actively market
3 See https://bangenergycasting.com/what-does-it-take/ (last accessed July 22, 2021).
4 See https://bangenergy.com/about/ (last accessed July 22, 2021).
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Bang on social media, including the wildly popular TikTok.
56. Bang is at the forefront of social media advertising. First, it produces and posts its
own video advertisements. It also runs a social media ambassador program called “Bang
Influencers.” The “Bang Influencers” are tasked with creating “unique and remarkable content
across all social media platforms.”5 Bang also partners with several well-known TikTok
influencers, i.e. creators who have garnered a substantial audience of TikTok “followers.” Bang
has, for example, partnered with Michael Le, who has 49.6 million TikTok followers and Q Park
(nee Joyce Tanner), a YouTuber, who also has 27.1 million TikTok followers. Bang has an
extensive in-house video team that works with the influencers and self-produces social media
content.
57. Upon information and belief, Bang has written agreements with at least some of
these third parties.
58. Bang and its influencers publish videos in which Bang products are highly visible
and/or prominently featured (e.g., Bang taste tests). In the videos, Bang Influencers are known to
“sport vibrant outfits with the Bang logo and create fun dance videos or skits with the products.”6
These videos essentially serve as modern-day product placement commercials for Bang’s products.
59. In exchange for making Bang videos and commercials, influencers receive Bang
sponsorships and cross-collaborative exposure by which both parties gain influence – the coin of
the realm in the social media marketplace – as well as other forms of consideration, including but
not limited to free product and in some cases, payment. Some of the Bang influencers do not
5 See https://bangenergycasting.com/what-does-it-take/ (last accessed July 22, 2021).
6 See https://neoreach.com/bang-energy-campaign-teardown/ (last accessed July 22, 2021).
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disclose the fact that the videos they create are paid sponsorships or endorsements, contrary to FTC
guidelines.
60. The Bang Defendants own and operate Social Media Accounts, which are directed
at and accessible throughout the United States and in the State of Florida. Together, the Bang
Defendants’ Social Media Accounts have roughly 5.4 million followers and over 6.1 million likes,
and Bang’s branded hashtag has netted over 13.8 billion views on TikTok alone, while similarly
related hashtags #bangenergydrink, #bangenergy, #bangenergyceo, have generated millions of
views.
61. Bang brags about its social media marketing success: “Today the Bang Energy
TikTok account stands at over 1 million followers and #BangEnergy has been viewed 7.6 Billion
times. Numbers don’t lie.”7
B. The Bang Defendants’ Flagrantly Infringe Plaintiffs’ Copyrights on Social Media.
62. The Bang Defendants did not achieve widespread social media visibility by
accident.
63. To help popularize their videos, the Bang Defendants have posted at least 209 videos
on the Bang Social Media Accounts that intentionally added Sony Music’s famous copyrighted
musical works without Sony Music’s permission (the “Infringing Videos”). Those videos include
no less than 132 copyrighted works that were owned or controlled by Sony Music at the relevant
time.
64. In addition to posting Infringing Videos on the Bang Social Media Accounts, upon
information and belief, the Bang Defendants require Bang Influencers to post Infringing Videos on
7 See https://bangenergy.com/blog/its-the-bang-energy-tiktok-takeover/ (last accessed July 22, 2021).
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their personal social media accounts. These Infringing Videos created by social media influencers
are then reposted on the Bang Defendants’ Social Media Accounts.
65. Figure 5 below features one example of an Infringing Video posted for the Bang
Defendants by the wildly popular influencer, Q Park on his own TikTok account using the song
“Gimme More” by Britney Spears.
Figure 5
66. Figure 6 below features another example of an Infringing Video posted for the Bang
Defendants on Q Park’s TikTok account using the song “Roses” by SAINt JHN.
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Figure 6
67. On TikTok, users can search for videos based on the songs used in those videos.
Unlike other posters on TikTok , however, the Bang Defendants, profit directly or indirectly from
the Infringing Videos by, among other things, building brand value and awareness, engaging
consumers, and, of course, increasing sales of Bang products. .
68. The Bang Defendants exploit trending songs to make the Infringing Videos more
appealing to users. For example, the Bang Defendants have posted videos using Doja Cat’s hit
“Say So,” which has appeared in approximately 14.5 million TikTok videos. By their infringing
use of trending music, the Bang Defendants are able to gain the attention of TikTok users who
would otherwise not have searched for, or been aware, of their products.
69. Figure 7 below is a screen capture of an Infringing Video from the Bang Defendants’
TikTok Accounts that includes movement choreographed to Sony Music’s sound recording “Worth
It” by Fifth Harmony. The Infringing Video was originally posted July 28, 2020 and remains online
despite the fact that Sony Music has informed the Bang Defendants’ of the infringing use.
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Figure 7
70. By incorporating Sony Music’s copyrighted works into the Infringing Videos, and
then making those Infringing Videos available to the public without license or authorization from
Sony Music, the Bang Defendants are infringing Sony Music’s exclusive rights to reproduce,
prepare derivative works based upon, distribute, and publicly perform the works listed in Exhibit
1. This infringement includes, but is not limited to: (a) duplicating SME sound recordings and
adapting Sony Music’s copyrighted works to create new, unauthorized derivative works (i.e., the
Infringing Videos); (b) uploading the Infringing Videos to its own computer servers and the
computer servers of third-party hosting services and duplicating and reposting Infringing Videos
from other social media users own channels; and (c) transmitting the Infringing Videos to
consumers via the Bang Social Media Accounts.
71. Exhibit 1 contains illustrative, non-exhaustive examples of known infringements.
Sony Music is continuing to investigate the scope of the Bang Defendants’ infringement, including
the measures taken by the Bang Defendants to intentionally induce Bang Influencers to infringe
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Sony Music’s copyrighted works.
72. Discovery is likely to reveal that the Bang Defendants have unlawfully exploited
numerous additional sound recordings owned and/or controlled by Sony Music, in whole or in part,
on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook, and potentially others. Sony Music expressly
reserves the right to amend this Complaint to assert additional claims for infringement of Sony
Music’s copyrighted works as it uncovers such infringement during the course of discovery.
C. The Bang Defendants Continue Infringing Sony Music’s Copyrights Even After Sony Music Demands That They Stop.
73. In April 2021, Sony Music’s counsel and Bang’s counsel spoke on the telephone
and exchanged correspondence about the Infringing Videos. During an initial telephone call on
April 6, 2021, Sony Music explained that owing to the absence of any license authorizing the Bang
Defendants to use Sony Music’s copyrighted musical works, the Bang Defendants would need to
compensate Sony Music for the Bang Defendants’ prior unauthorized uses and obtain licenses from
Sony Music if it wanted to continue to use Sony Music’s copyrighted musical works.
74. Bang’s infringement was clearly willful as the social media platforms on which
Bang posted the Infringing Videos expressly provide that users have no right to infringe music, and
particularly in connection with commercial activities.
75. For example, TikTok’s Intellectual Property Policy expressly states: “TikTok
respects the intellectual property rights of others, and we expect you to do the same. TikTok’s
Terms of Service and Community Guidelines do not allow posting, sharing, or sending any
content that violates or infringes someone else’s copyrights, trademarks or other intellectual
property rights.”8
8 TIKTOK, Intellectual Property Policy, https://www.tiktok.com/legal/copyright-policy?lang=en (last accessed July 22, 2021) (emphasis added).
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76. In fact, TikTok’s Terms of Service unmistakably provide, in all caps:
“NO RIGHTS ARE LICENSED WITH RESPECT TO SOUND RECORDINGS AND THE MUSICAL WORKS EMBODIED THEREIN THAT ARE MADE AVAILABLE FROM OR THROUGH THE SERVICE.”9
77. Similarly, Instagram’s Terms of Use10 incorporate Music Guidelines found on
Facebook’s website11 which specifically prohibit use of music without an appropriate license. The
Music Guidelines state in pertinent part:
“Use of music for commercial or non-personal purposes in particular is prohibited unless you have obtained appropriate licenses.”
78. The Bang Defendants are well aware that their conduct constitutes copyright
infringement. Bang is a sophisticated entity. The Bang Defendants expend substantial resources
to create and develop Bang’s intellectual property, including its social media content. Indeed, on
Bang’s own website the Terms and Conditions evidence Bang’s knowledge and understanding of
the value of intellectual property rights and its own intention to protect those right as they provide
in pertinent part:
You should assume that all materials, content, designs, text, and images (collectively, the “Materials”) contained in the Site are either the copyrighted property of VPX or its affiliates or are the copyrighted property of third parties. VPX neither represents nor warrants that your use of the Materials will not infringe the rights of third parties not owned by or affiliated with VPX.
You may download one (1) single hard copy of Materials displayed on the Site for non- commercial, personal use only, provided, however, you do not delete or modify the copyright, trademark, and other proprietary notices contained on the Materials. You may
9 TIKTOK, Terms of Service, https://www.tiktok.com/legal/terms-of-service?lang=en (last accessed July 22, 2021) (emphasis in original).
10 INSTAGRAM, Terms of Use, https://help.instagram.com/581066165581870 (last accessed July 22, 2021).
11 FACEBOOK, Music Guidelines, https://www.facebook.com/legal/music_guidelines (last accessed July 22, 2021).
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not modify, alter or change any Materials or distribute, publish, transmit, reuse, re-post or use the content of the Site for public or commercial purposes, including, without limitation, the text, images, audio and video.
Unauthorized use of the Materials is strictly prohibited and is a violation of the rights of VPX, its affiliates, and/or third parties, including, without limitation, under copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity.12
79. Bang has also filed an action in this Court to protect its own intellectual property
rights. See Vital Pharmaceuticals, Inc. d/b/a VPX Sports v. Monster Energy, Case No. 0:19-cv-
60809-RKA (S.D. Fla. 2019).
80. The Bang Defendants are well aware that Bang’s, and its influencers’, use of Sony
Music sound recordings require a license. In fact, Bang had sought a quote for a license from Sony
Music in connection with the inclusion of Sony Music’s sound recordings in a music library
component of a new app it intended to launch. Nevertheless, the Bang Defendants continue to use
Sony Music’s sound recordings without a license.
81. The Bang Defendants have infringed Sony Music’s right to the exclusive use of its
sound recordings.
82. The Bang Defendants have also engaged in secondary infringement, by knowing
and benefitting from the infringements by influencers, and inducing and contributing to the
infringements while in a position to control the same.
83. Specifically, the Bang Defendants partnered with influencers who create Infringing
Videos and post them on their own social media accounts, provide the Infringing Videos to Bang
and Owoc who in turn repost the Infringing Videos on their respective social media accounts.
12 Bang Energy, Terms and Conditions, https://bangenergy.com/terms-conditions/ (last visited August 3, 2021) (emphasis added).
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84. For example, Figure 8 below is posted to Owoc’s TikTok account
@bangenergy.ceo. Figure 8 is a screen capture of an Infringing Video featuring Doja Cat’s “Like
That” and an individual dancing with a Bang Energy drink in hand. This video has been online
since April 13, 2020 and remains there despite Sony Music informing the Bang Defendants of the
infringement.
Figure 8
85. The Bang Defendants’ infringements rob Sony Music of the revenues it is entitled
to for use of its sound recordings and deprives its artists of an important source of revenue.
86. The Bang Defendants caused Sony Music irreparable harm, and damages in an
amount to be determined at trial.
87. The Bang Defendants knew the Infringing Videos prominently utilized sound
recordings, and knew their uses were without a license from Sony Music.
88. The Bang Defendants are well aware that they must obtain a license and
authorization from Sony Music to reproduce, transmit, publicly perform, make derivative works of,
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or otherwise use Sony Music’s copyrighted recordings.
89. Moreover, Sony Music expressly notified the Bang Defendants of their infringement
no later than April 2021. Nevertheless, the Bang Defendants have continued to include infringing
content in their videos and to make the Infringing Videos available to the public. The Bang
Defendants’ infringement therefore is knowing, intentional, and willful.
COUNT I COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT (Against All Defendants)
90. Sony Music incorporates by reference the allegations contained in paragraphs 1
through 88 of this Complaint.
91. By the acts set forth above, Owoc and Bang have infringed Sony Music’s copyrights
in the Recordings, including by reproducing, distributing, adapting, and publicly performing by
way of digital transmission the Recordings without authorization, in violation of the Copyright Act,
17 U.S.C. §§ 106 and 501.
92. Each such infringement by the Bang Defendants of the Recordings constitutes a
separate and distinct act of infringement.
93. The Bang Defendants’ acts of infringement are willful, in disregard of and with
indifference to the rights of Sony Music.
94. As a direct and proximate result of the infringements by the Bang Defendants, Sony
Music is entitled to damages and to the Bang Defendants’ profits in amounts to be proven at trial,
which are not currently ascertainable. Alternatively, Sony Music is entitled to statutory damages
for each copyright infringed, or in such other amount as may be proper under 17 U.S.C. § 504(c).
95. Sony Music further is entitled to its attorneys’ fees and full costs pursuant to 17
U.S.C. § 505.
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96. As a result of the Bang Defendants’ conduct, Sony Music has sustained and will
continue to sustain substantial, immediate, and irreparable injury, for which there is no adequate
remedy at law. Sony Music is informed and believes, and on that basis avers, that unless enjoined
and restrained by this Court, the Bang Defendants will continue to infringe Sony Music’s rights in
the Recordings. Sony Music is entitled to temporary, preliminary, and permanent injunctive relief
to restrain and enjoin the Bang Defendants’ continuing infringing conduct.
COUNT II CONTRIBUTORY/VICARIOUS COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT (Against All Defendants)
97. Sony Music incorporates by reference the allegations contained in paragraphs 1
through 88, as well as 91 through 95, of this Complaint.
98. Third-party influencers have produced, posted and streamed the Infringing Videos
on their own personal social media accounts (the “Influencer Videos”). In doing so, the influencers
have infringed Sony Music’s copyrights in the Recordings by reproducing, adapting, distributing,
and publicly performing the Recordings without authorization, in violation of the Copyright Act,
17 U.S.C. §§ 106 and 501.
99. The Bang Defendants knew about the Influencer Videos. The Bang Defendants
intentionally induced and/or materially contributed to the Influencer Videos. The Bang Defendants
have, on information and belief, provided creative direction to the influencers, produced the
Influencer Videos or allowed the influencers to draw upon the skills and resources of Bang’s in-
house production team. The Bang Defendants also possessed the right and ability to supervise the
Influencer Videos as well as a direct financial interest in the Influencer Videos. As a result, the
Bang Defendants are liable for contributory and/or vicarious copyright infringement for the
Influencer Videos.
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100. Each Influencer Video constitutes a separate and distinct act of infringement.
101. The acts of infringement are willful, in disregard of and with indifference to the
rights of Sony Music.
102. As a direct and proximate result of the Influencer Videos, Sony Music is entitled to
damages and to the Bang Defendants’ profits in amounts to be proven at trial, which are not
currently ascertainable. Alternatively, Sony Music is entitled to maximum statutory damages for
each Influencer Video, or in such other amount as may be proper under 17 U.S.C. § 504(c).
103. Sony Music is further entitled to its attorneys’ fees and full costs pursuant to 17
U.S.C. § 505.
104. As a result of the Influencer Videos, Sony Music has sustained and will continue to
sustain substantial, immediate, and irreparable injury, for which there is no adequate remedy at law.
Sony Music is informed and believes, and on that basis avers, that unless enjoined and restrained
by this Court, Sony Music’s rights in the Recordings will continue to be infringed. Sony Music is
entitled to temporary, preliminary, and permanent injunctive relief to restrain and enjoin the Bang
Defendants’ continuing infringing conduct.
PRAYER FOR RELIEF
WHEREFORE, Sony Music respectfully requests that the Court enter a judgment in its
favor and against the Bang Defendants:
a. For a preliminary and permanent injunction enjoining and restraining the Bang
Defendants and their respective agents, servants, directors, officers, principals, employees,
representatives, subsidiaries and affiliated companies, successors, assigns, and those acting in
concert with them or at their direction from directly or indirectly infringing in any manner any right
in any and all copyrighted works (or portions thereof), whether now in existence or later created, in
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which any Plaintiff (including its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, or distributed labels) owns or
controls an exclusive right under Section 106 of the United States Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 106)
or state law, including without limitation by directly or indirectly copying, reproducing,
downloading, distributing, communicating to the public, uploading, linking to, transmitting,
publicly performing, or otherwise exploiting in any manner any of Plaintiffs’ Recordings, including
but not limited to those set forth in Exhibit 1 to the Complaint;
b. For the Bang Defendants’ profits and damages in such amount as may be
determined; alternatively, for maximum statutory damages in the amount of $150,000 with respect
to each copyrighted work infringed, or for such other amount as may be proper pursuant to 17 U.S.C.
§ 504(c);
c. For Sony Music’s reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs;
d. For prejudgment interest according to law; and
e. For such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper.
JURY TRIAL DEMAND
Plaintiffs respectfully demand a trial by jury on all claims and issues so triable pursuant to
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 38.
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Dated: August 3, 2021 Respectfully submitted,
PRYOR CASHMAN LLP Attorneys for Plaintiffs 201 South Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 2700 Miami, Florida 33131 Telephone: (786) 582-3011 Facsimile: (786) 582-3004
s/ James G. Sammataro James G. Sammataro Florida Bar No. 520292 David C. Rose (Pro hac vice application forthcoming) Brendan S. Everman Florida Bar No. 68702 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
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EXHIBIT 1 Case 1:21-cv-22825-XXXX Document 1-1 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/03/2021 Page 2 of 15
SME Artist SME Track Plaintiff Post URL SR Number1 Sony Music https://www.tiktok.com/@redline.energy/video/6867593770175679750 1 21 Savage Bank Account Entertainment SR0000805773 DROPPED OUTTA Records Label, https://www.instagram.com/p/B6BZ84XJ_qq/ 2 24kGoldn COLLEGE LLC SR0000866571 Games On Your Records Label, https://www.instagram.com/p/B9agC2dp-Mc/ 3 24kGoldn Phone LLC SR0000866593 https://www.tiktok.com/@bangenergy/video/6862802767883373830 Records Label, 4 24KGoldn Mood LLC SR0000881772 Records Label, 24KGoldn Mood LLC https://www.tiktok.com/@redline.energy/video/6862116023722675462 5 SR0000881772 Records Label, 24KGoldn Mood LLC https://www.instagram.com/p/CFkuTn6Djrj/ 6 SR0000881772 Sony Music https://www.instagram.com/p/B5F3ISFpPh1/ 7 24kGoldn VALENTINO Entertainment SR0000837016 A$AP Ferg ft. Sony Music https://www.instagram.com/p/BmWx73qn0aa/ 8 Future New Level Entertainment SR0000782297 A$AP Ferg ft. Plain Jane Sony Music https://www.instagram.com/p/BkIfQW2jk-J/ 9 Nicki Minaj REMIX Entertainment SR0000804242 A$AP Ferg ft. Plain Jane Sony Music Nicki Minaj REMIX Entertainment https://www.tiktok.com/@stoked.beverage/video/6937308808335150342? 10 SR0000804242 Set Fire To The Sony Music http://www.instagram.com/p/CCTSk71lXLQ 11 Adele Rain Entertainment SR0000673074 Sony Music https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=823907491274790 12 Alan Walker The Spectre Entertainment SR0000830405 Sony Music https://www.instagram.com/p/B7pLZMpJjRJ/ 13 Arizona Zervas FML Entertainment SR0000872935 Sony Music Arizona Zervas Roxanne Entertainment https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ_PxmIHZa1/ 14 SR0000867188
1 As referenced in Paragraph 36, other videos contain recordings for which Sony Music has submitted registration applications. These applications are currently pending before the United States Copyright Office. Sony Music will seek leave to amend the complaint to include claims pertaining to the videos containing these recordings upon receipt of these subsequently-obtained registrations. Case 1:21-cv-22825-XXXX Document 1-1 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/03/2021 Page 3 of 15
Sony Music https://www.instagram.com/p/B8l3Y2tJEOE/ 15 Arizona Zervas Roxanne Entertainment SR0000867188 Sony Music Arizona Zervas Roxanne Entertainment https://www.instagram.com/p/B79QdusJMg_/ 16 SR0000867188 Sony Music Arizona Zervas Roxanne Entertainment https://www.instagram.com/p/B5JDERnJMsm/ 17 SR0000867188 Ayo & Teo & Lil Sony Music https://www.instagram.com/p/BpIKIrlHxBX/ 18 Yachty Ay3 Entertainment SR0000826416 Sony Music https://www.tiktok.com/@redline.energy/video/6900174910610525446 19 Becky G Shower Entertainment SR0000760239 Sony Music Becky G Shower Entertainment https://www.tiktok.com/@bangenergy/video/6905021147243416838 20 SR0000760239 Sony Music Becky G Shower Entertainment https://www.instagram.com/p/CIqnCzuHcD-/ 21 SR0000760239 Sony Music Becky G Shower Entertainment https://www.tiktok.com/@stoked.beverage/video/6878347720684326149 22 SR0000760239 Sony Music Becky G Shower Entertainment https://www.tiktok.com/@stoked.beverage/video/6897350741577534725 23 SR0000760239 Sony Music Becky G Shower Entertainment https://www.tiktok.com/@redline.energy/video/6916876693772848389 24 SR0000760239 Sony Music https://www.tiktok.com/@bangenergy/video/6820867052039867654 25 Beyoncé Check On It Entertainment SR0000388034 Sony Music https://www.tiktok.com/@redline.energy/video/6930626599658310917 26 Beyoncé Diva Entertainment SR0000623449 Sony Music https://www.tiktok.com/@bangenergy.ceo/video/6795297071399324934 27 Beyoncé Partition Entertainment SR0000747291 Beyoncé ft. Sony Music https://www.instagram.com/p/Bki6AEFn-ue/ 28 Sean Paul Baby Boy Entertainment SR0000342236 Beyoncé ft. Jay- Sony Music https://www.tiktok.com/@redline.energy/video/6923645555344166150 29 Z "7/11" Entertainment SR0000766254 Beyoncé ft. Jay- Sony Music http://www.instagram.com/p/CFw4THol7bD 30 Z Crazy in Love Entertainment SR0000787489 Case 1:21-cv-22825-XXXX Document 1-1 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/03/2021 Page 4 of 15
Beyoncé ft. Jay- Sony Music Z Crazy in Love Entertainment https://www.tiktok.com/@redline.energy/video/6916254620524301574 31 SR0000787489 Beyoncé ft. Jay- Sony Music Z Crazy in Love Entertainment https://www.tiktok.com/@noofuzion/video/6919146951954943237 32 SR0000787489 Beyoncé ft. Jay- Sony Music https://www.instagram.com/p/BBsvm2KRA5V/ 33 Z Upgrade U Entertainment SR0000395861 …Baby One Zomba https://www.tiktok.com/@bangenergy/video/6797894768555724037 34 Britney Spears More Time Recording LLC SR0000260870 …Baby One Zomba https://www.tiktok.com/@bangenergy/video/6807572118834793733 35 Britney Spears More Time Recording LLC SR0000260870 …Baby One Zomba https://www.tiktok.com/@bangenergy.ceo/video/6807571254296513797 36 Britney Spears More Time Recording LLC SR0000260870 Zomba https://www.instagram.com/p/CLxFAtSDCjW/ 37 Britney Spears Gimme More Recording LLC SR0000609441 I'm A Slave 4 Zomba https://www.tiktok.com/@redline.energy/video/6945512603028442374 38 Britney Spears You Recording LLC SR0000302278 Gonna Make You Sweat C + C Music (Everybody Sony Music https://www.instagram.com/p/CE76vzDHHZN/ 39 Factory Dance Now) Entertainment SR0000782730 Sony Music https://www.tiktok.com/@bangenergy/video/6885180586684632325 40 Calboy Envy Me Entertainment SR0000844631 Sony Music Calboy Envy Me Entertainment https://www.tiktok.com/@bangenergy/video/6884310867387649285 41 SR0000844631 Sony Music Calboy Envy Me Entertainment https://www.tiktok.com/@stoked.beverage/video/6874309663920360709 42 SR0000844631 Calvin Harris & How Deep Is Sony Music https://www.instagram.com/p/BK64iF_BZvm/ 43 Disciples Your Love Entertainment SR0000785977 Calvin Harris & How Deep Is Sony Music Disciples Your Love Entertainment https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwz2DNZhUxb/ 44 SR0000785977 Calvin Harris & Sony Music https://www.instagram.com/p/CL1sbjBhnoa/ 45 Dua Lipa One Kiss Entertainment SR0000817944 Calvin Harris ft. Sony Music https://www.instagram.com/p/BnwU5e2BYni/ 46 Big Sean Open Wide Entertainment SR0000763016 Case 1:21-cv-22825-XXXX Document 1-1 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/03/2021 Page 5 of 15
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Wrap Me In Sony Music Berne CHROMANCE Plastic Entertainment https://www.tiktok.com/@bangenergy/video/6895817421127503110 Convention 62 Wrap Me In Sony Music Berne CHROMANCE Plastic Entertainment https://www.tiktok.com/@bangenergy/video/6897044960995003654 Convention 63 Wrap Me In Sony Music Berne CHROMANCE Plastic Entertainment https://www.tiktok.com/@noofuzion/video/6908093357763972357 Convention 64 Wrap Me In Sony Music Berne CHROMANCE Plastic Entertainment https://www.tiktok.com/@stoked.beverage/video/6905943187479645445 Convention 65 Wrap Me In Sony Music Berne CHROMANCE Plastic Entertainment https://www.tiktok.com/@stoked.beverage/video/6902157611387456774 Convention 66 Wrap Me In Sony Music Berne CHROMANCE Plastic Entertainment https://www.tiktok.com/@stoked.beverage/video/6867942957652233478 Convention 67 LaFace https://www.tiktok.com/@redline.energy/video/6864623880355597573 68 Ciara Get Up Records, LLC SR0000388894 Ciara ft. Missy Zomba https://www.tiktok.com/@stoked.beverage/video/6867156652496358662 69 Elliot 1,2 Step Recording LLC SR0000355316 Ciara ft. Petey Zomba https://www.instagram.com/p/BmZYIGmg1in/ 70 Pablo Goodies Recording LLC SR0000355316 Dillon Francis;DJ Sony Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6ORYQoBf2k 71 Snake Get Low Entertainment SR0000765949 DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh The Fresh Prince of Bel- Sony Music https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ3frMjnfh1/ 72 Prince Air Entertainment SR0000253478 DJ Khaled ft. Sony Music https://www.instagram.com/p/CMk2k1clyhm/ 73 Rihanna Wild Thoughts Entertainment SR0000818389 DJ Snake & Lil Turn Down For Sony Music https://www.tiktok.com/@bangenergy/video/6858324265909947653 74 Jon What Entertainment SR0000773267 DJ Snake & Lil Turn Down For Sony Music Jon What Entertainment https://www.instagram.com/p/BHp8DjPBI_h/ 75 SR0000773267 Sony Music https://www.tiktok.com/@bangenergy/video/6831276678254251270 76 Doja Cat Boss Bitch Entertainment SR0000874384 Sony Music https://www.tiktok.com/@bangenergy.ceo/video/6815373652805160198 77 Doja Cat Like That Entertainment SR0000871263 Case 1:21-cv-22825-XXXX Document 1-1 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/03/2021 Page 7 of 15
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