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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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`Case No. 20-cv-769-IGK-SDA
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`[PROPOSED] DEFAULT JUDGMENT
`AND PERMANENT INJUNCTION
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`CENGAGE LEARNING,INC., BEDFORD,
`FREEMAN & WORTH PUBLISHING GROUP,
`LLC d/b/a MACMILLAN LEARNING,
`ELSEVIER INC., MCGRAW HILL LLC, and
`PEARSON EDUCATION,INC.,
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`Plaintiffs,
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`Vv.
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`TRUNG KIEN NGUYEN, DUY ANH NGUYEN,
`DUONG THI BAY, XUAN CHINH NGUYEN,
`TUAN ANH NGUYEN, VINH NGOC NGUYEN,
`LE TRANG, VAN QUYNH PHAM,THI LIEN
`PHUONG NGUYEN, VAN TUAN DANG, HIEN
`VO VAN, QUANG NGUYEN,JESSICA
`GOLDBERG, MAXIM GUBCEAC, TRACEY
`LUM, RODNEY MOUZONE, ZAINEE JALLAL,
`LUU VAN DOAN, BUI HAI LINH, MOHD
`HANIFF HASLAM, RAFAN WASEEF, SAMEER
`YAMAN, STEFAN DEMETER, SHAHBAZ
`HAIDER, ERIKA DEMETEROVA, ROSTISLAV
`ZHURAVSKIY, SUSAN RAGON, WALESKA
`CAMACHO, ANJUM AKHTER, HASEEB
`ANJUM, MUHD IZHAN KHAIRUL, VU XUAN
`TRUONG, BINH NGUYEN, ANTHONY
`TORRESMICHAEL MCEVILLEY, CORNELL
`KILLEBREW, MOHD ALI KAMIL, ADAM
`HAROLD, ABDUL RAHIM MOHSIN, REFAT
`HAMOUDA, MOHAMED SABEK, DO THANH
`DUY, CRIS AUSTIN, and WASRI WAMIN,
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`Defendants.
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`JOHN G. KOELTL,District Judge:
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`Plaintiffs Cengage Learning,
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`Inc., Elsevier
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`Inc., McGraw Hill LLC, and Pearson
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`Education, Inc. (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) initiated this action on January 29, 2020 against Doe
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`Defendants. Compl., ECF No. 1. At the same time that they filed the Complaint, Plaintiffs filed
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`an ex parte application for a Temporary Restraining Order, expedited discovery, Order to Show
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`Cause why a Preliminary Injunction should not issue, and alternate service by email, which the
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`Court granted on January 29, 2020. Ex Parte Order, ECF No. ll. Plaintiffs served the Doe
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`Defendants by email with the Ex Parte Order,
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`their moving papers,
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`the Complaint, and the
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`Summons. See Decl. of Service, ECF No. 9. After a show cause hearing, at which Defendants
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`did not appear, the Court issued a Preliminary Injunction against the Doe Defendants on February
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`24, 2020. Prelim. Inj., ECF No. 14. On March 19, 2020, upon Plaintiffs’ motion, the Court issued
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`an Amended Preliminary Injunction. Am. Prelim. Inj., ECF No. 25. After conducting expedited
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`discovery, Plaintiffs filed the Amended Complaint on July 1, 2020, naming Defendant Michael
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`McEvilley, amongst others, (“Defendant”or “McEvilley”) on July 1, 2020. ECF No. 36. Plaintiffs
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`served the Amended Complaint and Summons on Defendant on August 31, 2020. ECF No. 100.
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`Defendant did notfile Answers or otherwise respond to the Complaintor the Amended Complaint.
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`OnPlaintiffs’ supporting papers, on August 20, 2021, the Clerk of the Court entered a Certificate
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`of Default against Defendant McEvilley. ECF No, 146.
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`On August 31, 2021, Plaintiffs submitted an Order to Show Cause and memorandum in
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`support of their request to enter a default judgment and permanent injunction against Defendant
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`pursuant to, inter alia, Rules 55(b) and 65(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. ECF Nos.
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`148-153.
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`On October11, 2022, the Court issued an Order determining that Plaintiffs are entitled to
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`a default judgment and referred the case to Magistrate Judge Aaron to conduct an inquest. ECF
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`No. 165.
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`On November2, 2022, Plaintiffs filed their Proposed Findings of Fact, Memorandum of
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`Law, and Declaration in support of the inquest. ECF Nos, 169-171.
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`On November21, 2022, Magistrate Judge Aaron issued his Report & Recommendation
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`(“Report & Recommendation), recommending that Plaintiffs be awarded $1,500,000 in statutory
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`damages; a permanentinjunction be entered in Plaintiffs’ favor; a post-judgment asset restraint be
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`imposed; the automatic stay of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 62(a) be dissolved to allow for
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`immediate enforcement of the judgment; and the judgmentprovide forthe transfer of Defendant’s
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`frozen assets to Plaintiffs. ECF No. 174.
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`On January 11, 2023, the Court issued an Order indicating that it was adopting the Report
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`& Recommendation. ECF No. 176.
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`NOW, THEREFORE, having adopted the Report & Recommendation and reviewed the
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`entire record herein, the Court HEREBY FINDS that:
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`A.
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`Plaintiffs are higher education publishers. Plaintiffs’ publications include physical
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`and digital textbooks that are widely available in the United States to consumers and sold through
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`direct sales channels and legitimate distributors and stores, including through onlinesales.
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`B.
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`Defendant intentionally reproduces and distributes for sale electronic, infringing
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`copies of Plaintiffs’ copyrighted textbooks. Defendant does so through websites he owns and/or
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`operates. Defendant’s websites namedin the original Complaint and additional websites identified
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`by Plaintiffs through third-party discovery in this action are listed as “Infringing Sites - Original
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`Complaint” and “Infringing Sites - Associated Sites,” respectively, on Appendix A hereto
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`(collectively, “Infringing Sites”).
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`Defendant has been properly servedin this action with the Complaint, the Amended
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`Complaint, and the Summonses;
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`D.
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`Because Defendanthas notfiled an Answer, otherwise responded to the Complaint
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`or the Amended Complaint, or otherwise appearedin this action, the Clerk of Court entered default
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`against Defendant on August 20, 2021;
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`E.
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`Plaintiffs own the copyrights or exclusively control all rights, title, and interest in
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`their respective works described on Exhibit C to the Amended Complaint(the “Authentic Works”),
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`which is appended hereto as Appendix B;
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`FE,
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`Defendanthas willfully infringed Plaintiffs’ copyrights in the Authentic Works in
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`connection with Defendant’s reproduction and distribution of unauthorized copies of Plaintiffs’
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`textbooks, and Defendant,
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`therefore,
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`is liable for willful copyright
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`infringement under the
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`Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. §§ 101, ef seq.;
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`G.
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`Defendant’s willful infringement of Plaintiffs’ copyrights in the Authentic Works
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`has caused Plaintiffs irreparable harm;
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`H.
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`As a result of Defendant’s unlawful conduct, Plaintiffs are entitled to the entry of a
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`final judgment and permanent injunction against Defendant.
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`Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that, m
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`accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(d), Defendant, his officers, agents, servants,
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`employees, and attorneys, andall those in active concert or participation with him, are permanently
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`enjoined and restrained from directly or indirectly infringing the copyrights owned or exclusively
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`controlled by any of the Plaintiffs (or any parent, subsidiary, or affiliate of a Plaintiff), whether
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`now in existence orlater created.
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`Without limiting the foregoing, IT IS FURTHER ORDEREDthat, in accordance with
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`Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(d), Defendant, his officers, agents, servants, employees, and
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`attorneys, and all those in active concert orparticipation with him, are permanently enjoined and
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`restrained from engaging in any of the followingacts:
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`Directly or indirectly infringing any copyrighted workthat is owned orexclusively
`controlled by any of the Plaintiffs (“Plaintiffs’ Textbooks”), i.e., any copyrighted
`work published under any of the imprints identified on AppendixChereto;
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`2)
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`3)
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`transmitting,
`reproducing, manufacturing, downloading, uploading,
`Copying,
`distributing, selling, offering to sell, advertising, marketing, promoting, or
`otherwise exploiting any of Plaintiffs’ Textbooks without Plaintiffs’ express
`written authorization;
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`Enabling,facilitating, permitting, assisting, soliciting, encouraging, or inducing the
`copying, reproduction, manufacture, download, upload, transmission, distribution,
`sale, offering forsale, advertisement, marketing, promotion, or other exploitation
`of any of Plaintiffs’ Textbooks without Plaintiffs’ express written authorization;
`and
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`Using, hosting, operating, maintaining, creating, or registering any computer
`server, website, domain name, domain name server, cloud storage, e-commerce
`platform, online advertising service, social media platform, or payment processing
`service to enable, facilitate, permit, assist, solicit, encourage, or induce the
`infringement of Plaintiffs’ Textbooks, as set forth in subparagraphs(1) through (3)
`above.
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`IT IS FURTHER ORDEREDthat, pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 504(c), Plaintiffs’ request for
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`statutory damages under the Copyright Act is granted, and Plaintiffs are awarded statutory
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`damages of $1,500,000 against Defendant for his willful infringement of ten of Plaintiffs’
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`Authentic Works.
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`IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure
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`69(a) and N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 5222(b), Defendant, his officers, agents, servants, employees, and
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`attorneys, and all those in active concert or participation with him, and any financialinstitutions,
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`i.c., banks, payment processing companies, savings and loan associations, credit card companies,
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`credit card processing agencies, merchant acquiring banks, or other companics or agencies that
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`engage in the processing ortransfer of money and/orotherassets (“Financial Institutions”), who
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`receive actual notice ofthis Order, must immediately cease transferring, withdrawing, or otherwise
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`disposing of any moneyorotherassets in accounts holding or receiving moncy or other assets of
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`Defendant’s, or in which Defendant has an interest (with “Defendant” for purposes of this
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`provision meaning those personsdescribed by the names,aliases, and/or email addresses identified
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`on Appendix A), including but notlimited to those accounts specified on Appendix D hereto
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`(“Defendant’s Accounts”), or allowing such money orotherassets in Defendant’s Accounts to be
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`transferred, withdrawn, or otherwise disposedof, until such time as the judgmentset forth herein
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`is satisfied,
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`IT 18 FURTHER ORDEREDthat the stay to enforce a judgment imposed by Rule 62(a)
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`of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is hereby dissolved and Plaintiffs may immediately enforce
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`the judgmentset forth herein.
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`IT IS FURTHER ORDEREDthat in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 64,
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`N.Y. C.P.LR. § 5225, and this Court’s inherent equitable powers to issue remedies ancillary to its
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`authority to provide final relief, Financial Institutions holding currently restrained assets in
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`Defendant’s Accounts shall release such assets to Plaintiffs in partial satisfaction of the damages
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`award set forth herein within ten (10) business days following actual notice ofthis Order.
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`IT IS FURTHER ORDEREDthat Defendantshall deliver to Plaintiffs for destruction all
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`electronic copies of Plaintiffs’ Textbooks, or derivative works thereof, that Defendant has in his
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`possession, custody, or control, and all devices by means of which such copies have been created,
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`pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 303.
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`IT IS FURTHER ORDEREDthat the Clerk of Court is hereby directed to release the
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`$10,000 cash bond, posted in accordance with the Ex Parte Order, to Plaintiffs by sendingit to
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`their attorneys of record, Oppenheim + Zebrak, LLP,at 4530 Wisconsin Avenue, NW,5th Floor,
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`Washington, DC 20016.
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`IT IS FURTHER ORDEREDthat this Court shall retain jurisdiction over the parties and
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`the subject matter of this litigation for the purpose of interpretation and enforcement of this
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`Permanent Injunction.
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`FINAL JUDGMENTis hereby entered in favor of Plaintiffs against Defendant Michael
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`McEvilley in the total amount of $1,500,000, as described above, plus post-judgment interest
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`calculated at the rate set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 1961.
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`HON. JOHN G. KOELTL
`United States District Judge
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`DEFAULT JUDGMENT APPENDIX 8B
`Cengage Learning, Inc., et al. v. Trung Kien Nguyen, et al, Civil Action No. 20-cv-769-JGK
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`Cengage Learning, Inc., et al. vy. Trung Kien Nguyen, et al, Civil Action No, 20-cv-769-JGK
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`‘Cengage Learning 2 Macmillan Learning
`Brooks Cole
`Bedford, Freeman & Worth High School
`Cengage
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`Cengage Learning
`Bedford/St. Martin’s
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`Gale
`Freeman
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`Academic Cell
`Medicine Publishing
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`North Holland
`Elsevier
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`Urban & Fischer
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`Addison Wesley
`Lange
`Adobe Press
`McGraw-Hill
`Allyn & Bacon
`McGraw-Hill Education
`Benjamin Cummings
`McGraw-Hill Higher Education
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`McGraw-Hill Professional
`Financial Times Press/FT Press
`McGraw-Hill Ryerson
`McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange
`IBM Press
`McGraw-Hill/Contemporary
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`McGraw-Hill/Dushkin
`New Riders Press
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