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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 28:1338 Copyright Infringement

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GAY CROSTHWAIT GRUNFELD - 121944

LISA ELLS - 243657

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ROSEN, BIEN & GAL VAN, LLP

315 Montgomery Street, 10th Floor

San Francisco, alifornia 94104-1823

Telephone: (415) 433-6830

Facsimile : (415) 433-7104

mail :

r

grunfeld rbg-law.co m

ells@rbg- aw.co m

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

OCTAVE MUSIC PUBLISHING CORP. ;

BOURNE CO. ; MUSIC SALES CORP . ;

HAMPSHIRE HOUSE PUBLISHING CORP . ;

SONY/ATV HARMONY; OLDE CLOVER

LEAF MUSIC; RAY HENDERSON MUSIC

CO., INC . ; WB MUSIC CORP. ; ARTHUR

HAMILTON d/b/a HARMONY GRACE

PUBLISHING and EDWIN H . MORRIS &

CO., INC .,

Plaintiffs,

V.

SEAFOOD PEDDLER OF SAN RAFAEL,

INC. and ALPHONSE SILVESTRI,

Defendants.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. CV-095846-HRL

STIPULATION OF SETTLEMENT

AND REQUEST FOR DISMISSAL

WITH RETENTION OF

JURISDICTION AND ORDER

THEREON

STIPULATION OF SETTLEMENT AND REQUEST FOR DISMISSAL WITH RETENTION OF JURISDICTION AND

ORDER THEREON - CASE NO. CV-095846-HRL

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Plaintiffs Octave Music Publishing Corp . ; Bourne Co . ; Music Sales Corp. ; Hampshire

House Publishing Corp . ; Sony/ATV Harmony ; Olde Clover Leaf Music ; Ray Henderson Music

Co., Inc . ; WB Music Corp . ; Arthur Hamilton d/b/a Harmony Grace Publishing and Edwin H .

Morris & Co ., Inc . ("Plaintiffs"), and Defendants Seafood Peddler of San Rafael, Inc . ("Seafood

Peddler") and Alphonse Silvestri ("Silvestri"), hereby stipulate :

1 .Plaintiffs were, on the dates set forth in Schedule A to the Complaint, the

respective owners of valid copyrights in the eight (8) songs listed in Schedule A to the

Complaint. The Complaint alleges that Plaintiffs' songs were publicly performed by

Defendants' agents at the establishment known as Seafood Peddler, located at 100 Yacht Club

Drive in San Rafael, in the State of California on August 21, 2009, without permission from

Plaintiffs or their performing rights licensing organization, the American Society of Composers,

Authors, and Publishers ("ASCAP") .

2 .Plaintiffs, Seafood Peddler, and Silvestri now wish to settle the copyright

infringement claims asserted in this action as well as any other potential copyright claims that

Plaintiffs or other ASCAP members may have against Seafood Peddler and Silvestri as of the

date of this Stipulation .

3 .Seafood Peddler and Silvestri hereby agree to pay Plaintiffs the amount of Fifty

Thousand Dollars ($50,000 .00) in full satisfaction of all claims arising out of Plaintiffs'

Complaint and all other potential copyright infringement claims that Plaintiffs or other ASCAP

members could assert against Seafood Peddler and/or Silvestri arising from the unauthorized

performance of their copyrighted music at the Seafood Peddler establishment .

4.Plaintiffs Seafood Peddler and Silvestri agree that the $50,000 .00 settlement

amount shall be paid as follows : (a) $10,000 .00 shall be paid on or before June 10, 2010 ;

(b) $8,666 .66 shall be paid six months thereafter on December 10, 2010 ; (c) $8,666 .67 shall be

paid six months thereafter on June 10, 2011 ; (d) $8,666 .67 shall be paid six months thereafter on

December 10, 2011 ; and (d) a balloon payment of $14,000 .00 shall be paid on or before

February 10, 2012 .

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5 .

Each payment provided for above shall be made in the form of a certified, cashier's

or bank check drawn on a California bank, made payable to ASCAP and delivered to Gay

Crosthwait Grunfeld, Esq . at Rosen, Bien & Galvan LLP, 315 Montgomery Street, 10th Floor,

San Francisco, California 94104-1823, or to anyone else designated by ASCAP, on or before the

respective dates specified above . Twenty-one days prior to the due date for the installment

payment, Plaintiffs' representative shall send a reminder notice to Defendant Alphonse Silvestri,

100 Yacht Club Drive, San Rafael CA 94901-405 1 .

6.

Upon written notice from Plaintiffs' representative or their undersigned attorneys

that any payment due pursuant to paragraphs 4 & 5 above is delinquent, Seafood Peddler and

Silvestri shall have (10) calendar days in which to cure such delinquency . If the delinquency is

not cured within (10) days of the written notice, Plaintiffs may immediately and without further

notice enter judgment providing, inter alia, that Seafood Peddler and Silvestri willfully infringed

Plaintiffs' copyrights and for payment to Plaintiffs of $55,000 .00, less any payments previously

made by Seafood Peddler and Silvestri pursuant to paragraph 5 above .

7 .

Contemporaneously with the execution of this Stipulation, Seafood Peddler and

Silvestri agree to execute a current 2010 ASCAP license agreement commencing June 1, 2010

for his business known as Seafood Peddler . ASCAP license fees pursuant to such license

agreement for the twelve month term of the license are included in the stipulated settlement

amount provided for in paragraph 3 above . Seafood Peddler and/or Silvestri agree to abide by all

of the terms and conditions of the ASCAP license . In accordance with the terms of the license

agreement, Seafood Peddler and/or Silvestri may exercise the termination clause of the license

agreement, subject to ASCAP's confirmation that Defendants are no longer performing or using

music requiring an ASCAP license .

8.

Plaintiffs hereby agree that, if the payments are made as specified in paragraphs 4

& 5 above, they will file a Dismissal With Prejudice of Defendant Seafood Peddler and Silvestri

with this Court, all parties to bear their own costs, including attorneys' fees, and serve a copy of

said Dismissal With Prejudice on Defendants within ten (10) business days of clearance of the

final installment payment .

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The undersigned acknowledge that they have been advised of and are familiar with

the provisions of California Civil Code section 1542, which provides :

A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE

CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME

OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM MUST HAVE

MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR .

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The foregoing constitutes the entire Stipulation of Plaintiffs, Seafood Peddler, and

Silvestri . No changes or modifications to this Stipulation shall be effective unless made in

writing and signed by Plaintiffs, Seafood Peddler, and Silvestri .

Wherefore, Plaintiffs, Seafood Peddler, and Silvestri request that the Court :

a.

Dismiss this action against Seafood Peddler and Silvestri and retain complete

jurisdiction over this action until March 10, 2012 (thirty (30) days after the last settlement

installment payment is due pursuant to paragraph 4, supra), and reopen this action upon a

showing by Plaintiffs that the settlement has not been completed and that further litigation is

necessary ; or, in the alternative,

b.

Dismiss this action against Seafood Peddler and Silvestri with prejudice on

March 10, 2012, if Plaintiffs have not made a showing that the settlement has not been

completed ; such dismissal to be without costs or attorneys' fees to any party .

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Dated : June 2-, 2010

Dated : June j_, 2010

APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CONTENT :

Dated: June L, 2010

Dated: June L, 2010

IT IS SO ORDERED .

Dated:	, 2010

OCTAVE MUSIC PUBLISHING CORP . ; BOURNE

CO . ; MUSIC SALES CORP . ; HAMPSHIRE HOUSE

PUBLISHING CORP . ; SONY/ATV HARMONY ;

OLDE CLOVER LEAF MUSIC ; RAY HENDERSON

MUSIC CO ., INC . ; WB MUSIC CORP . ; ARTHUR

HAMILTON d/b/a HARMONY GRACE

PUBLISHING and EDWIN H. MORRIS & CO., INC.

BY:	

RICHARD H. IMER

Senior Vice President-Legal Services

American Society of Composers, Authors and

Publishers, attorney-in-fact for Plaintiffs Octave

Music Publishing Corp ., et al .

SEAFOOD PEDDLER OF SAN RAFAEL, INC .

ROSEN, BIEN & GAL VAN, LLP

By:

G CROS

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W I GR FELD

At rneys for "laintiffs

LAW OFFICE

By:

M A _F' A ~, IAH EYTAN 411:'	 Attorne s for Defendants •FOOD PEDDLER

OF SA 4 RAFAEL, INC. and ALPHONSE

SILVE TRI

ORDER

HOWARD R. LLOYD

United States Magistrate Judge

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STIPULATION OF SETTLEMENT AND REQUEST FOR DISMISSAL WITH RETENTION OF JURISDICTION AND

ORDER THEREON - CASE NO. CV-095846-HRL

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, The case is dismissed. The court will retain jurisdiction until March 10, 2012 to enforce the settlement. June 9

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