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Parties Involved:
Arista Records LLC
Plaintiff
Fonovisa, Inc.
Plaintiff
Priority Records LLC
Plaintiff
Mario Ramirez
Defendant
Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Plaintiff
UMG Recordings, Inc.
Plaintiff
Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Plaintiff

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DEFAULT JUDGMENT AND PERMANENT INJUNCTION 

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Thomas M. Kerr (State Bar No. 241530) 

HOLME ROBERTS & OWEN LLP 

560 Mission Street, 25th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105-2994 

Telephone: (415) 268-2000 

Facsimile: (415) 268-1999 

tom.kerr@hro.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

WARNER BROS. RECORDS INC.; 

PRIORITY RECORDS LLC; UMG 

RECORDINGS, INC.; SONY BMG MUSIC 

ENTERTAINMENT; ARISTA RECORDS 

LLC; and FONOVISA, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

WARNER BROS. RECORDS INC., a Delaware 

corporation; PRIORITY RECORDS LLC, a 

California limited liability company; UMG 

RECORDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation; 

SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, a 

Delaware general partnership; ARISTA 

RECORDS LLC, a Delaware limited liability 

company; and FONOVISA, INC., a California 

corporation, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

MARIO RAMIREZ, 

 Defendant. 

Case No. 2:06-cv-02086 FCD-KJM 

Honorable Kimberly J. Mueller 

DEFAULT JUDGMENT AND 

PERMANENT INJUNCTION 

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Based upon Plaintiffs’ Application for Default Judgment By The Court, and good 

cause appearing therefor, it is hereby Ordered and Adjudged that: 

1. Plaintiffs seek the minimum statutory damages of $750 per infringed work, as 

authorized under the Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 504(c)(1)), for each of the thirteen (13) sound 

recordings listed in Exhibit A to Plaintiffs’ Complaint. Accordingly, having adjudged to be in 

default, Defendant Mario Ramirez (“Defendant”) shall pay damages to Plaintiffs for infringement of 

Plaintiffs’ copyrights in the sound recordings listed in Exhibit A to the Complaint, in the total 

principal sum of Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($9,750.00) 

2. Defendant shall further pay Plaintiffs’ costs of suit herein in the amount of Four 

Hundred Twenty Dollars ($420.00). 

3. Defendant shall be and hereby is enjoined from directly or indirectly infringing 

Plaintiffs’ rights under federal or state law in the following copyrighted sound recordings: 

• “Dance Floor,” on album “Zapp II,” by artist “Zapp“ (SR# 37-321); 

• “Ghetto Bird,” on album “Lethal Injection,” by artist “Ice Cube“ (SR# 198-283); 

• “Come and Talk to Me,” on album “Forever My Lady,” by artist “Jodeci“ (SR# 129-

912); 

• “Caress Me Down,” on album “Sublime,” by artist “Sublime“ (SR# 224-105); 

• “Who's Crying Now,” on album “Escape,” by artist “Journey“ (SR# 30-088); 

• “Cherish The Day,” on album “Love Deluxe,” by artist “Sade“ (SR# 183-731); 

• “Is It a Crime,” on album “Promise,” by artist “Sade“ (SR# 71-848); 

• “Love of My Life,” on album “Supernatural,” by artist “Santana“ (SR# 289-833); 

• “Red Light Special,” on album “CrazySexyCool,” by artist “TLC“ (SR# 198-743); 

• “Where Do Broken Hearts Go,” on album “Whitney,” by artist “Whitney Houston“ 

(SR# 89-966); 

• “One Mic,” on album “Stillmatic,” by artist “Nas“ (SR# 305-698); 

• “Amigo Bronco,” on album “20 Exitos,” by artist “Bronco“ (SR# 256-014); 

• “Flow,” on album “Lovers Rock,” by artist “Sade” (SR# 298-354); 

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and in any other sound recording, whether now in experience or later created, that is owned or 

controlled by the 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) and 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 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. 

DATED: May 15, 2007 

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