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    750 Park

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    77478,

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    St., Santa Monica, CA

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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.

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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

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    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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    Additionally, Defendants have used

    the Photographs to promote and

    sell

    Bareilles album

    entitled

    The

    blessed

    Unrest

    and to

    otherwise

    publicize, promote, and

    advertise

    Bareilles

    endeavors

    in the entertainment

    industry. Representative

    examples of

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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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    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.

    12

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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

    13

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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

    14

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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: [email protected]

    Attorneys for Plaintiff

    Maya Hayuk

    17

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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: [email protected]

    Attorneys for Plaintiff

    Maya Hayuk

    18

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    EXH I B I T A

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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.

    ^ n

    : u

    LM *-

    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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