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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17:504 Copyright Infringement

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Joe Hand Promotions Incorporated,

Plaintiff,

v. 

ECM Enterprises LLC, et al.,

Defendants.

No. CV-24-00427-PHX-KML

ORDER 

Plaintiff Joe Hand Promotions Inc. seeks default judgment. (Doc. 21.) According to 

that motion, the amended complaint filed on May 30, 2023, “charged the Defendants with 

a violation of Section 705 of the Federal Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 

U.S.C. §§ 553 and 605.” (Doc. 21-1 at 2.) The amended complaint, however, asserts a 

single claim for copyright infringement “in violation of 17 U.S.C. §§ 106 and 501.” (Doc. 

6 at 6.) The Copyright Act found in Title 17 is not the same as the Communications Act 

found in Title 47. See Joe Hand Promotions, Inc. v. Maupin, No. 215CV06355ADSAKT, 

2018 WL 2417840, at *8 (E.D.N.Y. May 25, 2018) (noting “the Copyright Act and the 

Communications Act . . . vindicate[] separate rights”). And the court cannot grant default 

judgment on claims not alleged in the operative complaint. See Cripps v. Life Ins. Co. of 

N. Am., 980 F.2d 1261, 1267 (9th Cir. 1992) (“[N]ecessary facts not contained in the 

pleadings, and claims which are legally insufficient, are not established by default.”).

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Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED the Motion for Default Judgment (Doc. 21) is DENIED. Plaintiff 

shall file a renewed motion for default judgment no later than December 27, 2024. Failure 

to file a motion for default judgment will result in the dismissal of this suit for failure to 

prosecute.

Dated this 18th day of December, 2024.

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