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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
BROADCAST MUSIC, INC.; SONGS OF
UNIVERSAL, INC.; BENNY BIRD
COMPANY, INC.; SHIRLEY EIKHARD USA
MUSIC; EMI BLACKWOOD MUSIC, INC.;
SCREEN GEMS-EMI MUSIC, INC.;
BEECHWOOD MUSIC CORPORATION;
STONE DIAMOND MUSIC CORP.;
CAREERS-BMG MUSIC PUBLISHING, INC.;
MOEBETOBLAME MUSIC,

Case No. 15-cv-3213

COMPLAINT

Plaintiffs,
v.
LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL, LLC d/b/a
DUGOUT SOUTH; ROBERT RENAUD,
individually; and MICHAEL GOLDING,
individually,
Defendants.
Plaintiffs, by their undersigned attorneys, for their Complaint against Defendants Let The
Good Times Roll, LLC d/b/a Dugout South, Robert Renaud, and Michael Golding (collectively,
Defendants), allege as follows (on knowledge as to Plaintiffs; otherwise on information and
belief):
JURISDICTION AND VENUE
1.

This is an action for copyright infringement under the United States Copyright Act of

1976, as amended, 17 U.S.C. 101 et seq. (the Copyright Act). This Court has jurisdiction
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1331 and 1338(a).
2.

Venue is proper in this district pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1391(b) and 1400(a).

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THE PARTIES
3.

Plaintiff Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), is a corporation organized and existing

under the laws of the state of New York. BMIs principal place of business is 7 World Trade Center,
250 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10007. BMI has been granted the right to license the
public performance rights in approximately 8.5 million copyrighted musical compositions (the BMI
Repertoire), including those which are alleged herein to have been infringed.
4.

The Plaintiffs other than BMI are the owners of the copyrights in the musical

compositions that are the subject of this action. All Plaintiffs are joined pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P.
17(a) and 19(a).
5.

Plaintiff Songs of Universal, Inc. is a corporation. This Plaintiff is the copyright

owner of at least one of the songs in this matter.

6.

Plaintiff Benny Bird Company, Inc. is a corporation. This Plaintiff is the copyright

owner of at least one of the songs in this matter.

7.

Plaintiff Shirley Eikhard USA Music is a sole proprietorship owned by Shirley Rose

Eikhard. This Plaintiff is the copyright owner of at least one of the songs in this matter.
8.

Plaintiff EMI Blackwood Music, Inc. is a corporation. This Plaintiff is the copyright

owner of at least one of the songs in this matter.

9.

Plaintiff Screen Gems-EMI Music, Inc. is a corporation.

This Plaintiff is the

copyright owner of at least one of the songs in this matter.

10.

Plaintiff Beechwood Music Corporation is a corporation.

This Plaintiff is the

copyright owner of at least one of the songs in this matter.

11.

Plaintiff Stone Diamond Music Corp. is a corporation. This Plaintiff is the copyright

owner of at least one of the songs in this matter.

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12.

Plaintiff Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc. is a corporation. This Plaintiff is the

copyright owner of at least one of the songs in this matter.

13.

Plaintiff Moebetoblame Music is a partnership owned by Michael Balzary, John

Anthony Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis, and Chad Gaylord Smith. This Plaintiff is the copyright
owner of at least one of the songs in this matter.
14.

Defendant Let The Good Times Roll, LLC is a is a limited liability company,

organized and existing under the laws of the state of New York, that operates, maintains, and
controls an establishment known as Dugout South located at 4029 Hylan Blvd., Staten Isand, NY,
10308 (the Establishment), in this district.
15.

In connection with the operation of the Establishment, Defendant Let The Good

Times Roll, LLC publicly performs musical compositions and/or causes musical compositions to be
publicly performed.
16.

Defendant Let The Good Times Roll, LLC has a direct financial interest in the

Establishment.
17.

Defendant Robert Renaud is a principal of Let the Good Times Roll, LLC with

primary responsibility for the operation and management of that limited liability company and the
Establishment.
18.

Defendant Robert Renaud the right and ability to supervise the activities of

Defendant Let The Good Times, Roll, LLC and a direct financial interest in that limited liability
company and the Establishment.
19.

Defendant Michael Golding is a principal of Let The Good Times Roll, LLC with

primary responsibility for the operation and management of that limited liability company and the
Establishment.
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20.

Defendant Michael Golding the right and ability to supervise the activities of

Defendant Let The Good Times, Roll, LLC and a direct financial interest in that limited liability
company and the Establishment.
CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
21.

Plaintiffs repeat and reallege each of the allegations contained in paragraphs 1

through 20.
22.

Plaintiffs allege nine (9) claims of willful copyright infringement based upon

Defendants unauthorized public performance of musical compositions from the BMI Repertoire.
All of the claims for copyright infringement joined in this Complaint are governed by the same legal
rules and involve similar facts. Joinder of these claims will promote the convenient administration
of justice and will avoid a multiplicity of separate, similar actions against Defendants.
23.

Annexed to this Complaint as a schedule (the Schedule) and incorporated herein is

a list identifying some of the many musical compositions whose copyrights were infringed by
Defendants. The Schedule contains information on the nine (9) claims of copyright infringement at
issue in this action. Each numbered claim has the following eight lines of information (all references
to Lines are lines on the Schedule): Line 1 providing the claim number; Line 2 listing the title of
the musical composition related to that claim; Line 3 identifying the writer(s) of the musical
composition; Line 4 identifying the publisher(s) of the musical composition and the plaintiff(s) in
this action pursuing the claim at issue; Line 5 providing the date on which the copyright registration
was issued for the musical composition; Line 6 indicating the copyright registration number(s) for
the musical composition; Line 7 showing the date(s) of infringement; and Line 8 identifying the
Establishment where the infringement occurred.

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24.

For each musical composition identified on the Schedule, the person(s) named on

Line 3 was the creator of that musical composition.

25.

For each work identified on the Schedule, on or about the date(s) indicated on Line 5,

the publisher(s) named on Line 4 (including any predecessors in interest), complied in all respects
with the requirements of the Copyright Act and received from the Register of Copyrights
Certificates of Registration bearing the number(s) listed on Line 6.
26.

For each work identified on the Schedule, on the date(s) listed on Line 7, Plaintiff

BMI was (and still is) the licensor of the public performance rights in the musical composition
identified on Line 2. For each work identified on the Schedule, on the date(s) listed on Line 7, the
Plaintiff(s) listed on Line 4 was (and still is) the owner of the copyright in the respective musical
composition listed on Line 2.
27.

For each work identified on the Schedule, on the date(s) listed on Line 7, Defendants

publicly performed and/or caused to be publicly performed at the Establishment the musical
composition identified on Line 2 without a license or permission to do so. Thus, Defendants have
committed copyright infringement.
28.

The specific acts of copyright infringement alleged in the Complaint, as well as

Defendants entire course of conduct, have caused and are causing Plaintiffs great and incalculable
damage.

By continuing to provide unauthorized public performances of works in the BMI

Repertoire at the Establishment, Defendants threaten to continue committing copyright infringement.

Unless this Court restrains Defendants from committing further acts of copyright infringement,
Plaintiffs will suffer irreparable injury for which they have no adequate remedy at law.

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WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs pray that:

(I)

Defendants their agents, servants, employees, and all persons acting under their

permission and authority, be enjoined and restrained from infringing, in any manner, the copyrighted
musical compositions licensed by BMI, pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 502;
(II) Defendants be ordered to pay statutory damages pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 504(c);
(III) Defendants be ordered to pay costs, including a reasonable attorneys fee, pursuant to
17 U.S.C. 505; and
(IV) Plaintiffs have such other and further relief as is just and equitable.
Dated: June 3, 2015
New York, New York

GIBBONS P.C.
By: /s/ J. Brugh Lower
Mark S. Sidoti
J. Brugh Lower
One Pennsylvania Plaza, 37th Floor
New York, New York 10119-3701
Tel: 973-596-4581
Fax: 973-639-6292
msidoti@gibbonslaw.com
jlower@gibbonslaw.com
Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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Schedule
Line 1

Claim No.

Line 2

Musical Composition

And ILove You So

Line 3

Writer(s)

Don McLean

Line 4

Publisher Plaintiff(s)

Songs of Universal,Inc.;Benny Bird Company,Inc.

Line 5

Date(s) of Registration

all REs 1/2/01

Eps 313149-151 all 6/8/73
5/4/73
8/20/70

Line 6

Registration No(s).

RE 835-124,RE 835-125,RE 835-179

Ep 313149,Ep 313150,Ep 313151
Ep 311666 Eu 201220

Line 7

Date(s) of Infringement

4/6/2015

Line 8

Place of Infringement

Dugout South

Line 1

Claim No.

Line 2

Musical Composition

Something To Talk About AKA Let'

s Give Them Something To Talk About

Line 3

Writer(s)

Shirley Eikhard

Line 4

Publisher Plaintiff(s)

Shirley Rose Eikhard,an individual d/b/a Shirley Eikhard USA Music;EMIBlackwood

Music Inc.

Line 5

Date(s) of Registration

3/17/88

Line 6

Registration No(s).

PAu 1-069-584

Line 7

Date(s) of Infringement

4/6/2015

Line 8

Place of Infringement

Dugout South

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Line 1

Claim No.

Line 2

Musical Composition

Strangers In The Night

Line 3

Writer(s)

Bert Kaempfert;Charles Singleton;Eddie Snyder

Line 4

Publisher Plaintiff(s)

Songs of Universal,Inc.;Screen Gems-EMIMusic,Inc.

Line 5

Date(s) of Registration

4/14/66

Line 6

Registration No(s).

Eu 930986

Line 7

Date(s) of Infringement

4/6/2015

Line 8

Place of Infringement

Dugout South

Line 1

Claim No.

Line 2

Musical Composition

We Will Rock You

Line 3

Writer(s)

Brian May

Line 4

Publisher Plaintiff(s)

Beechwood Music Corporation

Line 5

Date(s) of Registration

11/18/77

Line 6

Registration No(s).

Eu 846121

Line 7

Date(s) of Infringement

4/6/2015

Line 8

Place of Infringement

Dugout South

Line 1

Claim No.

Line 2

Musical Composition

Wonder Of You a/k/a The Wonder Of You

Line 3

Writer(s)

Baker Knight

Line 4

Publisher Plaintiff(s)

Songs of Universal,Inc.

Line 5

Date(s) of Registration

1/21/86

5/5/58

Line 6

Registration No(s).

RE 280-201

Eu 522857

Line 7

Date(s) of Infringement

4/6/2015

Line 8

Place of Infringement

Dugout South

6/1/66
Ep 217595

1/30/78

7/16/79

PA 107

PA 39-056

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Line 1

Claim No.

Line 2

Musical Composition

You Can'
t Hurry Love

Line 3

Writer(s)

Eddie Holland;Lamont Dozier;Brian Holland

Line 4

Publisher Plaintiff(s)

Stone Diamond Music Corp.

Line 5

Date(s) of Registration

6/14/65

Line 6

Registration No(s).

Ep 203453

Line 7

Date(s) of Infringement

4/6/2015

Line 8

Place of Infringement

Dugout South

Line 1

Claim No.

Line 2

Musical Composition

Gypsys,Tramps And Thieves

Line 3

Writer(s)

Robert Stone

Line 4

Publisher Plaintiff(s)

Careers-BMG Music Publishing,Inc.

Line 5

Date(s) of Registration

8/6/71

12/21/71

Line 6

Registration No(s).

Ep 293637

Eu 271991

Line 7

Date(s) of Infringement

4/6/2015

Line 8

Place of Infringement

Dugout South

Line 1

Claim No.

Line 2

Musical Composition

Dani California

Line 3

Writer(s)

Anthony Kiedis;Michael Balzary;Chad Smith;John Frusciante

Line 4

Publisher Plaintiff(s)

Michael Balzary,John Anthony Frusciante,Anthony Kiedis and Chad Gaylord Smith,a

partnership d/b/a Moebetoblame Music

Line 5

Date(s) of Registration

6/1/06

Line 6

Registration No(s).

PA 1-334-481

Line 7

Date(s) of Infringement

4/6/2015

Line 8

Place of Infringement

Dugout South

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Line 1

Claim No.

Line 2

Musical Composition

Rehab

Line 3

Writer(s)

Amy Winehouse

Line 4

Publisher Plaintiff(s)

EMIBlackwood Music,Inc.

Line 5

Date(s) of Registration

3/15/07

Line 6

Registration No(s).

PA 1-167-207

Line 7

Date(s) of Infringement

4/6/2015

Line 8

Place of Infringement

Dugout South

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