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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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CASE NO.
COMPLAINT FOR COPYRIGHT
INFRINGEMENT
(DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL)
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Jurisdiction
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under the copyright laws of the United States (17 U.S.C. 101 et
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Quasimoto.
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London & Co LLP, 2800 Olympic Boulevard, 2nd Floor, Santa Monica,
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California 90404.
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belief that defendant STR may also be located at 2658 Griffith Park
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retailer that offers for sale and sells sound recordings through
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AMAZON is an online
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compositions and recorded seven (7) record albums for CTI Records
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(which after disputes arose in 1978, CTI Records and its affiliated
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JAMES to JAMES).
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Westchester Lady.
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Earl Klugh won the 1981 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental
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Performance.
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with Earl Klugh entitled Cool and Kirk Whalum entitled Joined at
the Hip with both record albums being nominated for Grammy Awards.
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supergroup Fourplay.
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internationally.
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performances.
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As a result,
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office on May 16, 1974, Registration Eu 484341 (Ex. No. 6), which
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the 1970's.
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Vols. 1655-1721, pages 219-342) (selected pages, Ex. No. 7), TBM-
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Agreement) identifies a Schedule A (U.S. Copyright Office, Vol.
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1655, page 220) which Schedule A lists the musical composition
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Nautilus, identified with the initial Copyright Registration EU
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484341, which by the March 21, 1978 Agreement was assigned to
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plaintiff JAMES, the initial author.
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Registration RE 931-877 of the initial EU 484341 registration for
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the composition Nautilus (Ex. No. 8).
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The Sound Recording
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contract with CT-INC, recorded the sound recording Nautilus for
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CT-INC on the record album entitled One.
In 1974, CT-INC
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obtained a Sound Recording Copyright Registration, N 16776, of the
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JAMES performance sound recording Nautilus included in the sound
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recording entitled One (Ex. No. 9).1
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16776) to JAMES.
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obtained the copyright (Ex. No. 11) for the remastering of the
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(Ex. No. 9), renewed on March 26, 2015 (Ex. No. 12).
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which was registered on April 15, 1999 as SR 264-212 (Ex. No. 11).
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offering for sale the record album Yessir, Whatever, with track
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Complaint.
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sale infringes the JAMES and TAPPAN ZEE composition and sound
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upon information and belief was first released in June, 2013, which
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infringes the JAMES and TAPPAN ZEE copyright in the composition and
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recording of Sparkdala.
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performing, playing,
work,
"Sparkdala."
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appropriate.
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Respectfully submitted,
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By:
Allen Hyman
LAW OFFICES OF ALLEN HYMAN
Attorneys for Plaintiff KLING
CORPORATION, INC.
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by jury.
Respectfully submitted,
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