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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17:501 Copyright Infringement

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ARISTA RECORDS, LLC, et al., No. 2:06-cv-0873-MCE-EFB

Plaintiffs,

v. ORDER

WILLIE BILLOPS, 

Defendant.

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Plaintiff's motion for entry of default judgment was filed on September 28, 2006, and

submitted for decision without oral argument on November 27, 2006. The matter was referred to

a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to Local Rule 72-302(c)(19) and 28 U.S.C.

§ 636(b)(1). 

On February 15, 2007, the magistrate judge filed findings and recommendations herein

which were served on the parties and which contained notice to the parties that any objections to

the findings and recommendations were to be filed within ten days. No objections were filed.

The court has reviewed the file and finds the findings and recommendations to be

supported by the record and by the magistrate judge's analysis. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY

ORDERED that:

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1. The Findings and Recommendations filed February 15, 2007, are adopted

in full; 

2. Plaintiffs’ application for entry of default judgment is granted;. 

3. A permanent injunction is granted against defendant as follows:

Defendant shall be and hereby is enjoined from directly or indirectly

infringing Plaintiffs’ rights under federal or state law in the Copyrighted

Recordings and any sound recording, whether now in existence or later

created, that is owned or controlled by Plaintiffs (or any parent, subsidiary,

or affiliate record label of Plaintiffs (or any parent, subsidiary, or affiliate

record label of Plaintiffs) (“Plaintiffs’ Recordings”), including without

limitation by using the Internet or any online media distribution system to

reproduce (i.e., download) any of Plaintiffs’ Recordings, to distribute (i.e.,

upload) any of Plaintiffs’ Recordings, or to make any of Plaintiffs’

Recordings available for distribution to the public, except pursuant to a

lawful license or with the express authority of Plaintiffs. Defendant also

shall destroy all copies of Plaintiffs’ Recordings that Defendant has

downloaded onto any computer hard drive or server without Plaintiffs’

authorization and shall destroy all copies of those downloaded recordings

transferred onto any physical medium or device in Defendant’s possession,

custody, or control; and

4. Plaintiffs are awarded statutory damages in the amount of $5,250.00, and costs 

in the amount of $420.00.

Dated: March 8, 2007

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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