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

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 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WARNER BROS. RECORDS, INC., 

a Delaware corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

VANESSA MALACARA, 

Defendant.

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1:06-cv-00630-OWW-SMS 

ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATION RE: PLAINTIFFS’

MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT

(Docs. 17 & 23)

Plaintiffs are proceeding with a civil action in this Court.

The matter has been referred to the Magistrate Judge pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 636(b) and Local Rule 72-302(c)(19) and 72-303.

Pending before the Court is Plaintiffs’ motion for default

judgment against Defendant Vanessa Malacara, filed November 20,

2006, and re-noticed on December 7, 2006 as an amended motion,

including a notice of motion and motion, a declaration with

attachments, and a proposed order.

On February 27, 2007, the Magistrate Judge filed Findings

and Recommendation that Plaintiffs’ motion for default judgment

against Defendant Vanessa Malacara be granted. The Findings and

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Recommendation were served on all parties and contained notice

that any objections to the Findings and Recommendation were to be

filed within thirty (30) days from the date of service of that

order. To date, the parties have not filed objections to the

Magistrate Judge’s Findings and Recommendation.

In accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636

(b)(1)(C) and Britt v. Simi Valley United School Dist., 708 F.2d

452, 454 (9th Cir. 1983), this Court has conducted a de novo

review of the case. Having carefully reviewed the entire file,

the Court finds the Findings and Recommendation to be supported

by the record and proper analysis.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. The Findings and Recommendation, filed February 27,

2007, are ADOPTED IN FULL;

2. Plaintiffs’ motion for default judgment against

Defendant Vanessa Malacara is GRANTED;

3. The Clerk of Court enter judgment in favor of

Plaintiffs and against Defendant Vanessa Malacara in the amount

of $5,250.00 in statutory damages and $420.00 in costs; and,

4. The Clerk of Court enter judgment in favor of

Plaintiffs and against Defendant Vanessa Malacara enjoining

Defendant from directly or indirectly infringing Plaintiffs’

rights in the copyrighted sound recordings and any copyrighted

sound recording, whether now in existence or later created, which

is owned or controlled by Plaintiffs (“Plaintiffs’ recordings”),

including without limitation by using the Internet or any online

media distribution system to reproduce (i.e., download) or copy

any of Plaintiffs’ recordings, to distribute (i.e., upload) any

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of Plaintiffs’ recordings, or to make any of Plaintiff’s

recordings available for distribution to the public, except

pursuant to a lawful license or with the express authority of

Plaintiffs; and, Defendant shall also 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.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 27, 2007 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

emm0d6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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