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SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, 550
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Avenue,
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York
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EPIC RECORDS, INC.,
550
Madison Avenue,
27th
Floor, New York, NY10022, New York
County
PARADIGM TALENTAGENCY, LLC,360 N.
Crescent
Dr., Beverly Hills,CA 90210, Los Angeles
County
42WEST, LLC, 220 West 42nd Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY10036, New York County
BILLYOUNG PRODUCTIONS, INC.,
750 Park
Two Drive, Sugar Land, TX
77478,
Fort
Bend County
SARA BAREILLES, 84 Grove St., Apt 9, New York, NY 10014-3566, New York County, and 1343
14th
St., Santa Monica, CA
90404,
Los Angeles County
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UNITED S TA T ES D I ST R IC T COURT
SOUTHERN
DISTRICT OF
NEW YORK
MAYA HAYUK,
Plaintiff,
v
SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT; EPIC
RECORDS, INC.; PARADIGM TALENT
AGENCY, LLC; 42WEST, LLC; BILL
YOUNG
PRODUCTIONS,
INC.;
and SARA
BAREILLES,
Defendants.
Civil
Action
No
COMPLA IN T
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Plaintiff Maya Hayuk, by her undersigned attorneys, brings this action
against
the
defendants Sony Music Entertainment; Epic Records, Inc.; Paradigm TalentAgency, LLC;
42West,
LLC;
Bill
Young
Productions, Inc.; and Sara Bareilles (individually, and collectively,
Defendants ) and asserts and alleges as follows:
Part i es
1. Plaintiff
Maya
Hayuk
( Hayuk ),
is a New
York-based
professional
visual
artistwho regularly creates,
sells,
and
licenses
original works of art.
2. Upon information and belief
Sony Music
Entertainment ( Sony ) is a
Delaware general partnership transacting business within the State of New York, with its
principal place
of
business at 550 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10022.
3. Upon information and
belief,
Epic Records, Inc. ( Epic Records ) is a New
York corporation, transacting
business
within the
State
of New York,
with
its
principal place
of business at 550 Madison Avenue, 27th Floor, New York, New York 10022.
4. Upon information and
belief,
Paradigm Talent Agency,
LLC
( Paradigm ) is
a
Delaware
limited
liability
company, transacting business within the State of New
York,
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with its principal place of business at
360
North Crescent Drive, North Building, Beverly
Hills, California 90210.
5. Upon information and belief, 42West, LLC ( 42West ) is a Delaware limited
liability company with its principal place of business at 220 West 42nd Street, 12th Floor,
New
York,
New
York 10036.
6. Upon information and belief,
Bill
Young Productions, Inc.
( Bill
Young
Productions ) is a Delaware corporation, transactingbusinesswithin the State of New York,
with its principal place of business at 750ParkTwo Drive,SugarLand, Texas
77478.
7. Upon information and belief, Sara Bareilles ( Bareilles ) is an individual,
transacting business in the State of New York, with addresses in Santa Monica, California,
and
New York,
New
York.
Nature
of the
Complaint
8. This is an action for copyright infringement. The Defendants violated the
copyright
laws,
17 U.S.C.
101
et seq
by reproducing, distributing, and otherwise
using,
Hayuk s original copyrighted work
of art
without
her
consent. Hayuk
seeks damages,
appropriate injunctive relief, and recovery of her costs and attorneys'
fees.
Jurisdiction and
Venue
9. This Court has jurisdiction over the subjectmatter of this Complaint under
28 U.S.C. 1331 and 1338(a).
10. On information and belief, this Court has personal jurisdiction over
Defendants in that Defendants conduct business throughout the
State
of New York,
including this District.
11. Venue is appropriate in
this
Courtunder28
U.S.C.
1391(b) and
1400(a)
in
that Defendants are transacting
business within this
District. Further, venue is appropriate
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since
a substantial portion of the
acts
complained of herein
was
committed by
Defendants
within t h is Dis tr i ct .
Maya Hayuk and Chem Trails NYC
12. Hayuk is an internationally renowned visual artist. Her iconic murals,
paintings, and other artworks are
highly
sought after by
collectors,
corporations, and
individuals throughout the world.
13. Hayuk has received critical praise throughout her
fine
art career, whichspans
o ve r two decades.
14. Hayuk's career includes more than 150 group and solo gallery shows,
installations, and murals throughout theUnited States and overa dozen foreign
countries
on
si x continents .
15. Hayuk s
artwork
hasbeen published in numerous books andmagazines, and
has
been
featured
on
count less websites.
16. Hayuk often licenses her artwork for use on, among other things, apparel,
consumer electronics,and sporting goods.
17. Hayuk commands premium fees and royalties for the use
of
her artwork in
commercial settings.
18.
In or around February
2014,
Hayuk created an
original
work of art entided
hem TrailsNY
19. Chem
Trails NYC
was a
large-scale mural, measuring approximately
60 feet
by
20 feet.
20. Chem Trails NYCwas painted and displayed on the Bowery Mural wall, a
well-known outdoor
exhibition
space
located
on the
corner
of
Houston Street and
Bowery
in New York
City.
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21. An image
of Chem
Trails NYC appears below:
22. On February 7, 2014, Hayuk caused her copyright in Chem Trails NYC to be
registered in the
United
States Copyright Office, such registration being assigned
Registration No. VA
1-173-957.
A copy of the Certificate of Registration is attached as
Exhibi t
A.
23. Chem
Trails
NYC is whollycopyrightableunder the laws
of
the United States,
and Hayuk, the creator and sole owner of Chem Trails NYC holds all copyright interests
therein.
Bareilles, Epic Records, Sony. Paradigm, and 42West
24. Bareilles is a prominent pop musician. She has a significant fan base, with
over three million followers on Twitter, five thousand Facebook fans, and almost two
hundred thousand
followers on Instagram. She has
sold over
one
million
records, appeared
on
national television shows, served
as
a
judge
for the
popular
singing
competition
The
Sing
Off
has sold out venues for her live music performances, and has been nominated for
multiple
industry awards, including
five Grammy
Awards.
25.
Epic Records is Bareilles record
label.
Epic
Records
publicizes Bareilles
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music-related activities, including her sound recordings, television appearances, and tours.
EpicRecords distributes its promotional materials
through
numerous channels, including its
website,
www.epicrecords.com, and on information and belief, to third parties for further
distr ibution.
26. Sony is the parent company of Epic Records. Sony also owns Bareilles'
official website, www.sarabmusic.com, and controls the content thereof.
27. Paradigm is a
leading
talent agency in the entertainment industry, with
offices
in California,
Georgia,
and NewYork.
Paradigm
represents Bareilles,
arranges
for Bareilles
live
performances, creates publicity materials for
Bareilles,
and generally supports and
promotes Bareilles' endeavors in the entertainment industry.
28. 42West manages Bareilles' publicity, including media relations and tour
support.
29. On or around April 2014, without Hayuk's authorization,
Chem
Trails NYC
was prominendy
featured
in promotional photographs of Bareilles (individually,
Photograph and
collectively,
the Photographs ).
30.
Defendants have extensively reproduced, displayed, created
derivatives,
and
otherwise engaged
in unauthorized use of
Chem
Trails NYC to promote Bareilles, her
recordings, and her live performances.
31.
In or around May 2014, the Photographs
were
used as the primary vehicle
for
announcing and subsequendy promoting and advertising Bareilles then upcoming
Litde
BlackDress Tour (the Tour ).
32.
Defendants
displayed
the Photographs on their
respective
websites and
social media pages, including
Facebook
andTwitter ( Defendants Social Media ). Below are
representative
examples
ofTour promotions using thePhotographs:
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35. Defendants Bareilles,
Sony,
Epic Records, Paradigm, and
42West
violated
Hayuk s
copyrights
by displaying, reproducing, and creating unauthorized
derivatives
of
hem Trails
NY
Bill
Young
Productions
36.
Bill
Young Productions is an audio-video production company that creates
marketing
materials,
including
posters
and videos, for concerts and touring performing
artists.
37. In or
around
April and May 2014,
Bill
Young Productions produced
promotional posters prominently
featuring
the Photographs (the Posters ). A
representative example of the Posters is below:
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38. In addition,
Bill
Young Productions produced a video that featured extensive
use of Chem Trails
NY
(the Video ).
39.
Specifically,
the Videoopenedwith the image of Chem
TrailsNYC which
was
thenmanipulated and
animated,
becoming the
featured
design element of theVideo:
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40. Following this display and manipulation
of
Chem
Trails
NYC
the Video
prominently features still images of Chem Trails
NYC
behind
various moving
images of
Bareilles singing and dancing.
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41. Chem
Trails
NYC pervades the Video and, indeed, servesas the constant focal
point
of
the Video.
42.
The Video has been distributed to numerous third parties to promote the
Tou r
43. The Video has been used as a television spot for an extensive nationwide
advertising campaign.
44. The
Posters
have been
used
nationwide
to
advertise
t he Tour .
45. Defendants knew or should have known of Hayuk s copyright in Chem Trails
NYC by virtue
of
Hayuk s prominent
signature on
Chem Trails NYC ample press and
social
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media coverage of
Chem Trails
NYC and by Hayuk's reputation in the art world. Directly
below is a photograph of Hayuk's signature on Chem TrailsNYC.
46. Indeed,
Chem Trails
NYC is an enormously popular artwork and has
generated a great deal of media attention since its completion. Defendants exploited the
popularity andnotoriety that Chem
Trails
NYChad developed in order to promote
Bareilles.
47. Hayuk has
suffered
and continues to suffer damages and irreparable injury as
a result of Defendants' infringement of the Chem
Trails
NYCcopyright.
Coun t
I
Copyright
Infringement
-
Against
All
Defendants
48. Hayuk incorporates by reference paragraphs 1-47 of
this
Complaint,
inclusive, as if the samewere fully set forth herein.
49.
Hayuk is the
owner
of all right, title, and interest in and to the copyright of
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hem
TrailsNY
50. Hayuk has never authorized, licensed, or otherwise permitted Defendants to
reproduce, display, or otherwise use
Chem Trails
NY
or any copies thereof.
51. Without Hayuk's authorization, Defendants reproduced, displayed, and
otherwise used Chem
Trails
NYC. Such unauthorized use constitutes an infringement of
Hayuk's copyright for which she is entitled to damages and injunctive relief.
52. Hayuk has been damaged and continues to be damaged by Defendants'
infringement of her copyright in
Chem
Trails
NYC.
Coun t
II
Contributory Copyright Infringement -
Against
All Defendants
53. Hayuk repeats and realleges paragraphs 152 of this Complaint, inclusive, as
if the same were fully set forth herein.
54. Defendants caused, enabled, encouraged, facilitated, and induced others to
violate Hayuk s copyright in
Chem
Trails
NYC by
enabling,
encouraging, inducing, and
facilitating the copying, distribution, and display of unauthorized derivatives of Chem Trails
NY
55. Upon information and belief, Defendantsbenefitted
commercially
from such
unauthor ized
use
o f hem
Trails NY
56. Defendants' conduct constitutes contributory infringement of Hayuk s
copyright in Chem
Trails
NYC.
57.
Hayuk
has been
damaged
and continues to be
damaged
by Defendants'
contributoryinfringementof her copyrightin
Chem Trails
NYC
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Prayer for
Relief
WHEREFORE, Hayuk prays for judgment against Defendants as follows:
1. For a declaration that Defendants have directiy and/or secondarilyinfringed
Hayuk's copyright in Chem Trails
NY
under the Copyright Act;
2. For a preliminary order enjoining Defendants from all further use of Chem
Trails
NY
during the pendency of this litigation;
3. For a permanent injunction requiring Defendants, their respective agents,
servants, employees, officers, successors, licensees, and assigns and all
persons acting in concert or participation with each or any of them, or for
them, to cease and desist from infringing Chem
Trails
NYC in any manner;
4. For an award
of
damages arising from Defendants' infringement of Hayuk's
copyright;
5. For an award
of
profits earned by Defendants from the infringement
of
Hayuk's copyright in accordance with 504(b)of the Copyright Act;
6. For an award, if elected by Hayuk,
of
statutory damages within the
provisions
of
the Copyright Act in a sum
not
less than $750.00, nor more
than $30,000.00, or if the Court finds that the infringement was committed
willfully, such statutory damages within the provisions of the CopyrightAct
in a sum up to and including $150,000.00;
7. For an award
of
attorneys' fees, costs
of
suit and interest; and
8. For such other and further reliefas the Court deems just and proper.
PLAINTIFF DEMANDS A TRIAL BYJURY ON ALL COUNTS.
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Dated: August 18, 2014
Respectfully submitted,
MAYA HAYUK
Aaron Y. Silverstein (AS-2323)
Saunder s & Silverstein LLP
14 Cedar Street, Suite 224
Amesbury, MA 01913
P: 978-463-9130
F: 978-463-9109
E: asilverstein@massiplaw.com
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Maya Hayuk
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DEMAND
FOR
TURY TR IAL
Pursuant to Fed.R.
Civ.
P.
38(b),
Plaintiff
Maya
Hayukherebydemands a jurytrial
on all triable issues raised by this Complaint.
Dated: August 18, 2014
SAUNDERS & SILVERSTEIN
LLP
Aaron Y. Silverstein (AS-2323)
Saunders
&
Silverstein LLP
14
Cedar Street, Suite 224
Amesbury, MA 01913
P: 978-463-9130
F:
978-463-9109
E: asilverstein@massiplaw.com
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Maya Hayuk
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Certificate of Registration
This Certificateissuedunder theseal of theCopyright
Office
in
accordance
with
title
17.
United States Code
atteststhat registration hasbeenmadefor thework
identified below.
The
information
on
this certificate lias
been made a part of theCopyright Officerecords.
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Registerof Copyrights,UnitedStatesof America
Tit le
Title o f
Work :
CHEM
TRAILS
NYC
Completion/Publication
Au thor
Year ofCompletion: 2014
Author:
Maya Hayuk
Au tho r
Created: 2-D
ar twork
Citizen of : United Sta tes
Year
Born: 1969
Copyright claimant
Registration Number
VAu 1-173-957
Effective
date o f
registration:
February
7,2014
Domici led in:
United
States
Copyright Claimant: Maya Hayuk
720 Lorimer Street, #3R. Brooklyn, NY, 11211,UnitedStates
Certi f icat ion
Name:
Aaron Y.
Silverstein
Date:
February 7.2014
Applicant 's Tracking Number: 4.137.11
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