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`Case No.: 2:17-cv-00069-JAD-GWF
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`Order Granting in Part Motion for Default
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`Cook Productions, LLC,
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`Gregory Branthley,
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`This case is modeled after the LHF Productions and Cell Film Holdings cases—brought
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`swarm-joinder theory for separately infringing their copyright in a film by using BitTorrent
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`software. All of these cases follow the same litigation model: the plaintiff sues several
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`unidentified Doe defendants for separately infringing its copyright in a film by downloading and
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`uploading it through the same BitTorrent software. Then the plaintiff moves for expedited
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`systematically dismisses the claims against them after failing to serve or settling with them.2
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`Gregory Branthley is this case’s sole remaining defendant, and he has failed to appear—
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`September 15, 2017,3 and Cook Productions, LLC moved for default judgment two weeks later.4
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`Eight months have passed, and Branthley continues to avoid this action. So, I grant Cook’s
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`1 See, e.g., LHF Productions, Inc. v. Wilson, 2:16-cv-02368-JAD-NJK; LHF Productions, Inc. v.
`Kabala, 2:16-cv-02028-JAD-NJK; LHF Productions, Inc. v. Buenafe, 2:16-cv-01804-JAD-NJK;
`LHF Productions, Inc. v. Boughton, 2:16-cv-01918-JAD-NJK; LHF Productions, Inc. v. Smith,
`2:16-cv-01803-JAD-NJK; Cell Film Holdings LLC v. McCray, 2:16-cv-02089-JAD-NJK; Cell
`Film Holdings LLC v. Galang, 2:16-cv-02142-JAD-VCF; Cell Film Holdings LLC v. Acosta,
`2:16-cv-01853-JAD-VCF.
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`the clerk previously entered default based on a defendant’s failure to defend. After entry of
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`default, the complaint’s factual allegations are taken as true, except those relating to damages.5
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`“[N]ecessary facts not contained in the pleadings, and claims [that] are legally insufficient, are
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`not established by default.”6 The court has the power to require a plaintiff to provide additional
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`proof of facts or damages in order to ensure that the requested relief is appropriate.7 Whether to
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`grant a motion for default judgment lies within my discretion,8 which is guided by the seven
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`(1) the possibility of prejudice to the plaintiff; (2) the merits of
`plaintiff’s substantive claim; (3) sufficiency of the complaint; (4)
`the sum of money at stake in the action; (5) the possibility of a
`dispute concerning material facts; (6) whether the default was due
`to excusable neglect; and (7) the strong policy underlying the
`Federal Rules of Civil Procedure favoring decisions on the merits.9
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`A default judgment is generally disfavored because “[c]ases should be decided upon their merits
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`The BitTorrent protocol
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`analysis. Safety Point Products, LLC v. Does describes it well:
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`6 Cripps v. Life Ins. Co., 980 F.2d 1261, 1267 (9th Cir. 1992).
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`8 Eitel v. McCool, 782 F.2d 1470, 1471 (9th Cir. 1986).
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`BitTorrent is a program that enables users to share files via the
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`each user. Each user that either uploads or downloads a file
`segment is known as a “peer.” Peers that have the entire file are
`known as “seeds.” Other peers, known as “leeches” can
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`until they have downloaded the entire file to become seeds.
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`Groups of peers that download and upload the same file during a
`given period are known as a “swarm,” with each peer being
`identified by a unique series of alphanumeric characters known as
`“hashtag” that is attached to each piece of the file. The swarm’s
`members are relatively anonymous, as each participant is
`identifiable only by her Internet Provider (IP) address. Overseeing
`and coordinating the entire process is a computer or server known
`as a “tracker” that maintains a record of which peers in a swarm
`have which files at a given time. In order to increase the likelihood
`of a successful download, any portion of the file downloaded by a
`peer is available to subsequent peers in the swarm so long as the
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`But BitTorrent is not one large monolith. BitTorrent is a computer
`protocol, used by various software programs known as “clients” to
`engage in electronic file-sharing. Clients are software programs
`that connect peers to one another and distributes data among the
`peers. But a peer’s involvement in a swarm does not end with a
`successful download. Instead, the BitTorrent client distributes data
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`Cook sent Branthley numerous demand letters and a summons along with the first-amended
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`complaint, but Branthley never responded.12 Cook claims that Branthley infringed its copyright
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`Substantive merits and sufficiency of the claims
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`The second and third Eitel factors require Cook to demonstrate that it has stated a claim
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`on which it may recover.13 The first-amended complaint sufficiently pleads Cook’s direct-
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`granted to copyright holders under 17 U.S.C. § 106.14 Cook alleges that it is the owner of the
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`“had knowledge of the infringing activity” and “induce[d], cause[d,] or materially contribute[d]
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`to the infringing conduct of another.”17 “Put differently, liability exists if the defendant engages
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`in personal conduct that encourages or assists the infringement.”18 Given the nature of
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`BitTorrent technology, BitTorrent swarm participants who download files compulsorily upload
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`13 See Danning v. Lavine, 572 F.2d 1386, 1388 (9th Cir. 1978).
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`14 A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc., 239 F.3d 1004, 1013 (9th Cir. 2001).
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`443 F.2d 1159, 1162 (2d Cir. 1971) and citing Fonovisa, Inc. v. Cherry Auction, Inc., 76 F.3d
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`those same files so that other participants may download them at a faster rate. Accordingly,
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`Cook’s allegations that each defendant is a contributory copyright infringer because they
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`participated in a BitTorrent swarm19 is sufficient to satisfy the induced-caused-or-contributed
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`requirement. Cook satisfies the remaining requirements by alleging that Branthley knew or
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`connection.21 “Vicarious infringement is a concept related to, but distinct from, contributory
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`proportion to a defendant’s overall profits.”26 “Financial benefit exists where the availability of
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`infringing material acts as a ‘draw’ for customers.”27 “The size of the ‘draw’ relative to a
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`attorney’s fees to the prevailing party as part of those costs.36 Cook, in applying the lodestar
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`excusable neglect. Cook sent Branthley two demand letters roughly eight and five weeks prior to
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`filing its first-amended complaint. Branthley did not respond to either of them. Then Cook filed
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`permanent injunction in a patent-infringement case.44 Cook must demonstrate: “(1) that it has
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`injunctive relief to force the deletion of each torrent file from [Branthley’s] computer[] . . .
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`infringement will continue unabated in exponential fashion.”47 But I conclude that a monetary
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`judgment of $4,106.25 is sufficient to compensate Cook for any infringement injury and likely to
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`sufficiently deter Branthley from further infringing Cook’s copyright, so Cook fails to satisfy the
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`second factor of the permanent-injunction test, and I deny its request for injunctive relief.
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`42 ECF No. 18 at 12.
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`43 17 U.S.C. § 502(a).
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`44 eBay Inc. v. MercExchange, L.L.C., 547 U.S. 388, 391 (2006).
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`45 Id.
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`46 Flexible Lifeline Sys., Inc. v. Precision Lift, Inc., 654 F.3d 989, 995–96 (9th Cir. 2011).
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`Conclusion
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`Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Cook’s motion for default judgment
`against Gregory Branthley [ECF No. 46] is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. I award
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`Cook $1,500 in statutory damages and $2,606.25 in reasonable attorney’s fees and costs for a
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`total of $4,106.25. I decline to issue a permanent injunction against Branthley.
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`The Clerk of Court is directed to ENTER JUDGMENT in favor of Cook Productions,
`LLC and against Gregory Branthley in the total amount of $2,606.25 and CLOSE THIS CASE.
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`Dated: June 1, 2018
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`_______________________________
`U.S. District Judge Jennifer A. Dorsey
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