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Parties Involved:
Atlantic Recording Corporation
Plaintiff
BMG Music
Plaintiff
Capitol Records, Inc.
Plaintiff
James Lawson
Defendant
London-Sire Records Inc.
Plaintiff
Priority Records LLC
Plaintiff
Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Plaintiff
UMG Recordings, Inc.
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

ATLANTIC RECORDING 

CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation; 

LONDON-SIRE RECORDS INC., a 

Delaware corporation; CAPITOL 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; and BMG MUSIC, a New York 

general partnership 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

JAMES LAWSON 

Defendant. 

CASE NO. 2:07-CV-00148-FCD-DAD 

Honorable Frank C. Damrell, Jr. 

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 

eight (8) sound recordings listed in Exhibit A to Plaintiffs’ Complaint. Accordingly, 

having adjudged to be in default, Defendant James Lawson (“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 Six Thousand Dollars 

($6,000.00). 

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: 

• “Dragged Down,” on album “Gift,” by artist “Taproot“ (SR# 305-703); 

• “One Step Beyond,” on album “One Step Beyond,” by artist “Madness“ 

(SR# 16-959); 

• “Still the Same,” on album “Stranger in Town,” by artist “Bob Seger“ 

(SR# 5-591); 

• “Automobile,” on album “Efil4zaggin',” by artist “NWA“ (SR# 137-627); 

• “Take My Breath Away,” on album “Count Three and Pray,” by artist 

“Berlin“ (SR# 72-521); 

• “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” on album “Faster than the Speed of Night,” 

by artist “Bonnie Tyler“ (SR# 50-641); 

• “Born Country,” on album “Born Country,” by artist “Alabama“ (SR# 

235-743); 

• “Five O'Clock 500,” on album “For The Record,” by artist “Alabama“ 

(SR# 251-269); 

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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. 

DATE: September 13, 2007. 

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