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a tto rn e y s o f re c o rd , c o m p la in s a g a in s t T ro y A u g u s to ("A u g u s to "),
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d /b /a R o a s t B e a s t M u s ic C o lle c ta b le s a n d ro a s tb e a s tm u s ic ,a n d
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J U R IS D IC T IO N
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a c tio n
s e e k in g
d a m a g e s , in ju n c tiv e
r e lie f
a n d o th e r
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re m e d ie s
fo r c o p }T ig h t
in frin g e m e n t
u n d e r th e c o p ) lT ig h t la w s
o f th e U n ite d
S ta te s (1 7
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V .S .C .
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2 .
T h is C o u rt h a s s u b je c t..m a tte rju ris d ic tio no v e r th is a c tio n p u rs u a n tto 1 7
1 3
V .S .C .
\u00a7 1 0 1 e t s e q . (th e C o p y rig h t A c t);2 8
V .S .C .
\u00a7 1 3 3 1 (fe d e ra l q u e s tio n );and 28
1 4
V .S .C .
\u00a7 1 3 3 8 ( a )( c o p y r i g h t ) .
1 5
1 6
3 .
D e f e n d a n t s a r e s u b j e c t t o t h e p e r s o n a l
ju r is d ic tio n o f th is C o u r t a n d
1 7
v e n u e
is p r o p e r in th is D is tr ic t
u n d e r 2 8 V .S .C .
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U .S .C .
\u00a7 1 4 0 0 ( a )in
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th a t th e a c ts o fin frln g e m e n t c o m p la in e d o f h e re in o c c u rre din th is D is tric t a n d th e
1 9
D e fe n d a n tsre s id e ,m a y b e fo W ld a n d /o r tra n s a c tb u s in e s sin th is D is tric t.
2 0
P A R T IE S
2 1
2 4
2 5
5 .
P la in tiff is in fo r m e d a n d b e lie v e s a n d b a s e d th e r e o n a ll~ g e s th a t A u g u s to
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is a n in d iv id u a l r e s id in g in C a lifo r n ia
a n d d o in g b u s in e s s u n d e r th e n a m e s R o a s t B e a s t
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M u s ic C o lle c ta b le sa n d ro a s tb e a s tm u s ic .
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T h e tru e n a m e s a n d c a p a c itie s , w h e th e r
in d iv id u a l,
c o rp o ra te
o r
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o t h e r w i s e ! o f t h e d e f e n d a n t s n a m e d h e r e i n a sD O E S 1 fu r o u g h 1 0 ,in c lu s iv e ,a r e
3
4
P la in tiff
w ill s e e k le a v e o f C o u rt to a m e n d th is C o m p la in t to in s e rt th e tru e n a m e s a n d
5
c a p a c itie s o f s a id d e fe n d a n ts w h e n th e s a m e h a v e b e e n a s c e rta in e d .
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7 .
P l a i n t i f f i s i n f o m 1 e da n d b e l i e v e sa n d b a s e d t h e r e o na l l e g e st h a t e a c h o f
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fo r th e m a tte rs a lle g e d h e re in
a lle g e d , a n d th a t P la in tiff
s d a m a g e s a s a lle g e d h e r e ~ n
1 1
1 3
8 .
F o r y e a r s , A u g u s to h a s ille g a lly
s o ldp ro m o tio n a l
1 4
m a jo r
re c o rd
c o m p a n ie s
u n d e r th e e B a y s to re fro n t
nam e
"R o a s t
B e a s t
M u s ic
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h a v in g e n te re din to a c o n s e n td e c re ew ith tw o o th e r le a d in g re c o rd la b e ls ,A u g u s to is
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s tip u la te dto s u c h in fe d e ra l c o u rt. Y e t h e c o n tin u e sth e ille g a l s a le o fU M G 's
2 0
c o p y rig h te d s o u n dre c o rd in g s .
2 1
2 2
F A C T S
2 3
2 4
la b e ls s p a n s e v e ry m u s ic a l g e n re , c o n te m p o ra ry
a n d c la s s ic , a n d in c lu d e s
such nam es
2 6
R e c o rd s ,
U n iv e rs a l
M o to w n
R e c o rd s
G ro u p ,
D ecca,
D e u ts c h e
G ra m m o p h o n ,
P h ilip s ,
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U n iv e r s a l M u s ic ~ L a tin o , U n iv e r s a l M u s ic G r o u p N a s h v ille
a n d V e rv e M u s ic G ro u p .
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