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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PETE LIVINGSTON,

Plaintiff,

v.

ART.COM, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 13-cv-03748-JSC 

ORDER GRANTING 

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE 

UNDER SEAL

Re: Dkt. No. 98

Presently before the Court is Plaintiff Pete Livingston’s administrative motion to file under 

seal the Royalty Report that the Court ordered Plaintiff to submit in support of its motion for 

default judgment. (Dkt. No. 98.) Plaintiff contends that sealing is appropriate because the 

Royalty Report contains the confidential sales records of Culturenik Publishing, Inc.—a defendant 

in the related action that the Court severed from this case. (Id. at 2; see also Dkt. No. 35.) In 

support of its motion to seal, Plaintiff highlights the declaration of Patrick Smith, which was 

submitted in the connection with summary judgment briefing in the related action. (Id.; see also 

Dkt. Nos. 56-2, 56-1 ¶ 3.) According to Smith, “[t]he royalty reports . . . are confidential to 

Culturenik, as they reveal sensitive information concerning the royalty rates paid by Culturenik for 

several of its products.” (Dkt. No. 56-1 ¶ 3.) In addition, Plaintiff notes that the Court previously 

allowed Plaintiff to file the Royalty Report under seal in the related litigation, finding a 

compelling reason to seal the document. (Id.; see Dkt. No. 57-4; Dkt. No. 64.) So it is here. 

Accordingly, the Plaintiff’s Administrative Motion is GRANTED. Exhibit A (Dkt. No. 

98-2) to Plaintiff’s Supplemental Brief and Administrative Motion to File Under Seal Royalty 

Report of Pete Livingston’s Declaration in Support of Plaintiff’s Motion for Default Judgment 

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shall be filed under seal consistent with this Order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 15, 2015

______________________________________

JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY

United States Magistrate Judge

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