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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

J&N PUBLISHING L.L.C. D/B/A JUAN 

AND NELSON PUBLISHING, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

BLU ICE ENTERTAINMENT, L.L.C., et 

al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 19-cv-01029-EMC 

ORDER RE SUPPLEMENTAL 

BRIEFING AND/OR EVIDENCE

Docket Nos. 19, 27

Currently pending before the Court is Judge Laporte’s report and recommendation 

(“R&R”) on Plaintiffs’ motion for default judgment. Having reviewed the R&R as well as the 

motion and supporting documents, the Court hereby orders Plaintiffs to provide supplemental 

briefing and/or evidence as provided below. 

(1) Judge Laporte has recommended that a permanent injunction be issued that 

restrains Defendants from using in their business establishment “any copyrighted musical 

composition owned by Plaintiffs or any copyrighted musical composition in the repertory of 

Plaintiffs’ performing rights licensing organization, the American Society of Composers, Authors 

and Publishers [ASCAP].” R&R at 10 (emphasis added). Plaintiffs shall address why it is 

reasonable to enjoin Defendants from using any copyrighted musical composition in the ASCAP 

repertory given that ASCAP covers many members and not just Plaintiffs. In other words, is the 

injunction too broad in covering any ASCAP members’ copyrighted songs, and not just 

Plaintiffs’?

(2) Judge Laporte has recommended that Plaintiffs be awarded $60,000 in statutory 

damages, representing an award of $20,000 per song (three total) that Defendants used. Plaintiffs 

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shall provide additional information to support this amount of statutory damages. Information that 

may be helpful to the Court in assessing statutory damages includes the following:

• What did Plaintiffs charge Defendants under the prior ASCAP license? What did that

license cover – e.g., all songs in the ASCAP repertory or just a subset of that repertory 

(and if the latter, what subset)?

• How did Plaintiffs calculate the $35,000 that Defendants allegedly would have “saved” 

for the period November 1, 2015, through the present? For instance, what would have 

been charged for each year during this period? Would that charge have covered the 

entire ASCAP repertory or could Defendants have gotten a license “narrower” in scope 

that would cover the infringed songs of Plaintiffs? Would the charge to Defendants be 

based on the kind of business establishment run by Defendants and/or similarly 

situated establishments (and if so, what constitutes a similarly situated establishment)? 

The supplemental papers shall be filed within a week of the date of this order. In addition, 

immediately upon receipt of this order, Plaintiffs shall serve a copy of this order, as well as a copy 

of Judge Laporte’s R&R, on Defendants. Service shall be made by mail and email (if email 

addresses are known to Plaintiffs). Plaintiffs shall also immediately file a declaration certifying 

service on Defendants as ordered. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 23, 2019

______________________________________

EDWARD M. CHEN

United States District Judge

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