1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

DEFAULT JUDGMENT AND

PERMANENT INJUNCTION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

AT SEATTLE

____________________________________________ )

ATLANTIC RECORDING CORPORATION, )

a Delaware corporation; ELEKTRA ) Case No. C06-0864RSL

ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC., a )

Delaware corporation; CAPITOL RECORDS, INC., )

a Delaware corporation; and UMG RECORDINGS, ) DEFAULT JUDGMENT AND

INC., a Delaware corporation, ) PERMANENT INJUNCTION

)

Plaintiffs, ) 

v. )

)

 LORI WEIRICH, )

)

Defendant. )

____________________________________________ )

Having considered plaintiffs’ “Application for Entry of Default Judgment by the Court,”

(Dkt. #9), the additional evidence provided on September 21, 2006 (Dkt. #11), and the

remainder of the record, the Court finds as follows:

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 five (5) sound

recordings listed in Exhibit A to the Complaint (Dkt. #1). Having been adjudicated to be in

default (Dkt. #6), defendant is liable to plaintiffs for infringement in the amount of $3,750.

2. Defendant shall further pay plaintiffs’ costs of suit herein in the amount of $420.

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

Case 2:06-cv-00864-RSL Document 12 Filed 10/04/06 Page 1 of 2
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

DEFAULT JUDGMENT AND

PERMANENT INJUNCTION -2-

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

• “We Are Family,” on album “We Are Family,” by artist “Sister Sledge” (SR# 6-

182);

• “Hotel California,” on album “Hotel California,” by artist “Eagles” (SR# N38950);

• “Comfortably Numb,” on album “The Wall,” by artist “Pink Floyd” (SR# 14-787);

• “I’d Die for You,” on album “Slippery When Wet,” by artist “Bon Jovi” (SR# 71-

794);

• “Mama Said Knock You Out,” on album “Mama Said Knock You Out,” by artist

“LL Cool J” (SR# 123-555);

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

controlled by 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) any 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 also shall 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.

4. The Court enters judgment in favor of plaintiffs and against defendant.

DATED this 4th day of October, 2006.

A

Robert S. Lasnik

United States District Judge 

Case 2:06-cv-00864-RSL Document 12 Filed 10/04/06 Page 2 of 2