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Timestamp: 2019-04-24 02:28:48+00:00

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12 Edwin K. Williams & Co. v. Edwin K. Williams & Co. – East, 542 F.2d 1053 (9th Cir.
Freed v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., No. 18cv359-BAS (LL), 2019 WL 582346, U.S. Dist.
7 Watch Tower’s intellectual property in the process.
Witnesses freely and openly with people who have a wide range of views.” D.E. 8-1 at 2:25-26.
Tower would be stripped of its intellectual property rights in all such cases.
preaching activities of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the United States at the time of that litigation.
16 Darkspilver’s Motion to Quash.
25 defense is appropriate at this stage.
8 public dissemination titled C-5829Ca (hereinafter the “Chart”). Id.
10 copyrighted works by u/Darkspilver on the r/exjw subreddit forum. See Polidoro Decl., at ¶3.
16 Watch Tower’s works by Darkspilver on Reddit’s site. Id. at ¶4.
Tower’s copyrighted works. Id. at ¶ 6.
2 (hereinafter “Darkspilver Decl.”) at ¶¶8, 10.
 “Good luck shutting us all up.” – u/TheGreatFraud (Mar. 27, 2019).
19 See Polidoro Decl., Ex. B.
1 subscribers claim to reside in the United States. Id.
identifying information about them. Id.
A. There Is No Right to Anonymously Infringe Copyrighted Works.
Enterprises, 471 U.S. 539, 558 (1985).
Darkspilver asserts the right of anonymous speech. In so doing, he ignores the fact that the U.S.
unmistakably clear that the First Amendment does not shield copyright infringement”).
Physically Present in the United States Do Not Have First Amendment Rights.
12 on the planet would be granted the right to assert similar constitutional rights in federal court.
14 physical presence in the United States.
22 Court’s “rejection of extraterritorial application of the Fifth Amendment was emphatic.” Id.
17 Id. at 265. Thus, the Supreme Court has time and again reiterated its decision that non-U.S.
18 citizens who are not physically present in the United States have no constitutional rights.
26 country of my citizenship” he cannot avail himself of rights accorded under the U.S.
Constitution. Darkspilver Decl. at ¶ 6:5.
1 C. Darkspilver’s Motion to Quash is Time-Barred.
18 N. Am., Inc. v. Safebuilt Ins. Servs., No. 2:16-mc-0145 KJM AC, 2016 WL 5469257, 2016 U.S.
timely-filed motion to quash”) (emphasis added).
1 The subpoena in the present matter was served on Reddit, Inc. on January 24, 2019.
Motion to Quash. Darkspilver admits that he received the subpoena on February 7, 2019.
almost 50 days after becoming aware of the subpoena and 30 days after retaining counsel.
16 D. Darkspilver Has Not Satisfied His Burden of Proof on His Motion to Quash.
23 Freed v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., No. 18cv359-BAS (LL), 2019 WL 582346, at *2, U.S. Dist.
some First Amendment right by way of an alleged United States-based audience of his works.
10 community’s self-made map, and the Court would be none the wiser.
Amendment protection via U.S. readers of his posts falls flat.
9 continue to be Jehovah’s Witnesses.
18 Jehovah’s Witness family members after leaving the church).
social isolation causing overwhelming negative effects on his physical and mental wellbeing.
Yet, Darkspilver acknowledges that there is a large community of supporters of his views.
that his physical and mental state will actually be affected by compliance with the subpoena.
9 revealing their identity will result in harm – however remote or unlikely.
10 E. Watch Tower Is Entitled to Compliance With the DMCA Subpoena.
26 litigation, for without this information, plaintiffs will be unable to serve process”).
is not required to provide any further evidence of entitlement to learn the infringer’s identity.
The test laid out in Highfields Capital Mgmt. L.P. v. Doe, 385 F. Supp. 2d 969 (N.D.
8 Capital Management case has nothing to do with copyright infringement or a DMCA subpoena.
15 and thus no First Amendment protection.
that “Darkspilver reproduced the Ad and Chart in their entirety.” D.E. 8, at 17:18.
10 certificate is a mere distraction from the real issue.
18 is allegedly infringed.” 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3)(A)(vi).
24 Tower’s ownership of either of the works at issue.
identified and personal jurisdiction over the infringer is established, the chart can be registered via the U.S.
2 would be caused to the competing interests” by granting a Motion to Quash or denying it.
25 underlying infringement claims by a trier of fact.
F. An Evaluation of Fair Use At This Stage Would Be Premature.
an affirmative defense, [the defendant] Sherman carries the burden of demonstrating it”).
8 for a case in which no pleadings have ever been filed. Neither 17 U.S.C. § 512, nor Fed. R. Civ.
9 P. 45 requires or permits such a course.
17 words, whether and to what extent the new work is ‘transformative.’” Disney Enters. v.
18 VidAngel, Inc., 869 F.3d 848, 861 (9th Cir. 2017).
clearly not transformative, and do not favor a finding of fair use.
creative “design” of the Article is one of the reasons that he reproduced it on Reddit.
9 word choice in the article “What Gift Can We Give to Jehovah?” are all creative in nature.
work making the work, as a whole, creative in nature. See Edwin K. Williams & Co., Inc. v.
16 copyright protection); Kregos v. Associated Press, 937 F.2d 700, 708 (2d. Cir. 1991) (same).
17 Thus, the second fair use factor weighs against a finding of fair use.
2 purpose could not have been accomplished by linking to the Article and summarizing the chart.
17 the fourth fair use factor also weighs in favor of a finding of infringement.
recourse for what it, in good faith, believes is the infringement of its intellectual property.
24 the DMCA’s subpoena provision.
transmission of Notices of Electronic Filing generated by CM/ECF.
Copyrights and the digital world.

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