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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17:101 Copyright Infringement

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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 (See Plaintiff Craigslist, Inc.’s Motion for Default Judgment Against Paul Hubert,

hereafter, “Motion,” Docket Item No. 53.)

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 (See Declaration of David E. Weeks in Support of Plaintiff Craiglist, Inc.’s Motion for

Default Judgment Against Defendant Paul Hubert, Ex. 4, Docket Item No. 56.) 

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

craigslist, Inc.,

Plaintiff,

 v.

Paul Hubert, et al.,

Defendants. /

NO. C 08-05067 JW 

ORDER TO PRODUCE FURTHER

EVIDENCE OF STATUTORY DAMAGES

ASSOCIATED WITH MOTION FOR

DEFAULT JUDGMENT

A hearing on Plaintiff’s Motion for Default Judgment is set for March 8, 2010.1 Plaintiff

seeks a judgment of default against Defendant Paul Hubert, in addition to injunctive and monetary

damages and attorney fees and costs. (Motion at 17-21.)

The Court finds that it has insufficient evidence before it to make a reasonable determination

of statutory damages under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). Defendant presents

screen shots indicating that craygo.com sold bundles of “CAPTCHA credits” ranging in price from

1000 for $150 to 100,000 for $1000.2

 The Court finds unpersuasive Plaintiff’s contention that each

CAPCHA credit that craygo.com offers for sale on its website constitutes a separate offer to

circumvent Plaintiff’s security wall. (See Motion at 20.) Instead, the Court is inclined to measure

each offer of a bundle of credits as a single infringement for purposes of measuring statutory

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damages. Since the Court is not bound to accept as true Plaintiff’s allegations regarding the amount

of damages, Plaintiff must provide the Court with evidence of how many bundles of CAPCHA

credits Defendant offered for sale in order to calculate statutory damages pursuant to the DMCA.

Accordingly, on or before March 2, 2010, Plaintiff shall file with the Court additional

evidence of the number of bundles of CAPCHA credits Defendant offered for sale.

Dated: February 25, 2010 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT COPIES OF THIS ORDER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO:

Brian Patrick Hennessy bhennessy@perkinscoie.com

Elizabeth L. McDougall EMcDougall@perkinscoie.com

Liling Poh lpoh@perkinscoie.com

Dated: February 25, 2010 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: /s/ JW Chambers 

Elizabeth Garcia

Courtroom Deputy

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