Dock's Clam Bar Lawsuit

Case 1:15-cv-03011-FB-RML Document 1 Filed 05/22/15 Page 1 of 11 PageID #: 1
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
BROADCAST MUSIC, INC.; STONE
DIAMOND MUSIC CORP.; CONDUCIVE
MUSIC; SPIRIT ONE MUSIC, A DIVISION OF
SPIRIT MUSIC GROUP INC.; EMBASSY
MUSIC CORPORATION; UNICHAPPELL
MUSIC INC.; HOT CHA MUSIC CO.; ALLEY
MUSIC CORP.; T/Q MUSIC, INC. d/b/a TRIO
MUSIC COMPANY; RONDOR MUSIC
INTERNATIONAL, INC. d/b/a IRVING MUSIC;
WARNER-TAMERLANE PUBLISHING CORP.;
VAN MCCOY MUSIC, INC.; TWO KNIGHT
MUSIC, A DIVISION OF COUCH AND
MADISON PARTNERSHIP; PEERMUSIC III,
LTD.; and ZELLA MUSIC, A DIVISION OF
UNIDISC MUSIC INC.,
Case No. 15-cv-3011
COMPLAINT
Plaintiffs,
v.
CLAM BAR RESTAURANT, INC. d/b/a
DOCKS CLAM BAR; TRISH LEO, individually;
and KIM WISNIEWSKI, individually,
Defendants.
Plaintiffs, by their undersigned attorneys, for their Complaint against Defendants Clam Bar
Restaurant, Inc. d/b/a Docks Clam Bar, Trish Leo, and Kim Wisniewski (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).
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2.
Venue is proper in this district pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1391(b) and 1400(a).

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 Stone Diamond Music Corp. is a corporation. This Plaintiff is the copyright
owner of at least one of the songs in this matter.

6.
Plaintiff Conducive Music is a sole proprietorship owned by Janice-Marie Vercher.
This Plaintiff is the copyright owner of at least one of the songs in this matter.
7.
Plaintiff Spirit One Music is a Division of Spirit Music Group Inc. This Plaintiff is
the copyright owner of at least one of the songs in this matter.

8.
Plaintiff Embassy Music Corporation is a corporation. This Plaintiff is the copyright

9.
Plaintiff Unichappell Music Inc. is a corporation. This Plaintiff is the copyright

10.
Plaintiff Hot Cha Music Co. is a partnership owned by Daryl Hall and John Oates.
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11.
Plaintiff Alley Music Corp. is a corporation. This Plaintiff is the copyright owner of
at least one of the songs in this matter.

12.
Plaintiff T/Q Music, Inc. is a corporation doing business as Trio Music Company.
13.
Plaintiff Rondor Music International, Inc. is a corporation doing business as Irving
Music. This Plaintiff is the copyright owner of at least one of the songs in this matter.
14.
Plaintiff Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. is a corporation. This Plaintiff is the
copyright owner of at least one of the songs in this matter.

15.
Plaintiff Van McCoy Music, Inc. is a corporation. This Plaintiff is the copyright

16.
Plaintiff Two Knight Music is a Division of Couch and Madison Partnership. This
Plaintiff is the copyright owner of at least one of the songs in this matter.
17.
Plaintiff Peermusic III Ltd. is a limited company. This Plaintiff is the copyright

18.
Plaintiff Zella Music is a division of Unidisc Music Inc. This Plaintiff is the
copyright owner of at least one of the songs in this matter.

19.
Defendant Clam Bar Restaurant Inc. is a corporation organized and existing under
the laws of the state of New York, that operates, maintains and controls an establishment known as
Docks Clam Bar, located at 240 Page Avenue, # 115, Staten Island, NY 10307 (the
Establishment), in this district.
20.
In connection with the operation of the Establishment, Defendant Clam Bar
Restaurant, Inc. publicly performs musical compositions and/or causes musical compositions to be
publicly performed.
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21.
Defendant Clam Bar Restaurant, Inc. has a direct financial interest in the
Establishment.
22.
Defendant Trish Leo is the Chief Executive Officer of Defendant Clam Bar
Restaurant, Inc. with responsibility for the operation and management of that corporation and the
Establishment.
23.
Defendant Trish Leo has the right and ability to supervise the activities of Defendant
Clam Bar Restaurant, Inc. and a direct financial interest in that corporation and the Establishment.
24.
Defendant Kim Wisniewski is a principal of Defendant Clam Bar Restaurant, Inc.
with responsibility for the operation and management of that corporation and the Establishment.
25.
Defendant Kim Wisniewski has the right and ability to supervise the activities of
Defendant Clam Bar Restaurant, Inc. and a direct financial interest in that corporation and the
Establishment.
CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
26.
Plaintiffs repeat and reallege each of the allegations contained in paragraphs 1
through 25.
27.
Plaintiffs allege eleven (11) 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.
28.
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 eleven (11) claims of copyright infringement
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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.
29.
For each work identified on the Schedule, the person(s) named on Line 3 was the
creator of that musical composition.

30.
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.
31.
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.
32.
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.
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33.
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.
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: May 22, 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
1
Line 1
Claim No.
Line 2
Musical Composition
Ain't Too Proud To Beg
Line 3
Writer(s)
Eddie Holland, Norman Whitfield
Line 4
Publisher Plaintiff(s)
Stone Diamond Music Corp.
Line 5
Date(s) of Registration
5/9/66
Line 6
Registration No(s).
Ep 216556
Line 7
Date(s) of Infringement
3/28/2015
Line 8
Place of Infringement
Dock's Clam Bar
Line 1
Claim No.
Line 2
Musical Composition
Boogie Oogie Oogie
Line 3
Writer(s)
Janice Marie Johnson; Perry Kibble
Line 4
Janice-Marie Vercher, an individual d/b/a Conducive Music; Spirit One Music, a Division of
Spirit Music Group Inc.; Embassy Music Corporation
Line 5
5/2/78
Line 6
Registration No(s).
PA 5-715
Line 7
3/28/2015
Line 8
Dock's Clam Bar
Line 1
Claim No.
Line 2
Musical Composition
Everytime You Go Away
Line 3
Writer(s)
Daryl F. Hall
Line 4
Unichappell Music Inc.; Daryl Hall and John Oates, a partnership d/b/a Hot Cha Music Co.
Line 5
8/14/80
Line 6
Registration No(s).
PA 77-330
Line 7
3/28/2015
Line 8
Dock's Clam Bar
Line 1
Claim No.
Line 2
Musical Composition
Good Lovin'
Line 3
Writer(s)
Rudy Clark; Arthur Resnick a/k/a Art Resnick
Line 4
Alley Music Corp.; T/Q Music, Inc. d/b/a Trio Music Company
Line 5
2/5/93
2/5/93
3/1/65
5/28/65
Line 6
Registration No(s).
RE 626-729
RE 629-086
Ep 203018
Line 7
3/28/2015
Line 8
Dock's Clam Bar
Eu 869364
Line 1
Claim No.
Line 2
Musical Composition
Hard To Handle
Line 3
Writer(s)
Alvertis Isbell; Allen Jones; Otis Redding
Line 4
Rondor Music International, Inc. d/b/a Irving Music
Line 5
6/13/68
Line 6
Registration No(s).
Eu 58360
Line 7
3/28/2015
Line 8
Dock's Clam Bar
Line 1
Claim No.
Line 2
Musical Composition
Hustle a/k/a The Hustle
Line 3
Writer(s)
Van McCoy
Line 4
Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.; Van Mc Coy Music, Inc.
Line 5
3/20/75
6/6/75
Line 6
Registration No(s).
Eu 566485
Ep 339066
Line 7
3/28/2015
Line 8
Dock's Clam Bar
Line 1
Claim No.
Line 2
Musical Composition
I Can't Help Myself a/k/a Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch
Line 3
Writer(s)
Brian Holland; Lamont Dozier; Eddie Holland
Line 4
Stone Diamond Music Corp.
Line 5
4/22/65
Line 6
Registration No(s).
Ep 201377
Line 7
3/28/2015
Line 8
Dock's Clam Bar
12/13/68
Ep 254414
Line 1
Claim No.
Line 2
Musical Composition
Ring My Bell
Line 3
Writer(s)
Frederick Knight
Line 4
Two Knight Music, a Division of Couch and Madison Partnership; Peermusic III Ltd.
Line 5
6/1/79
Line 6
Registration No(s).
PA 33-911
Line 7
3/28/2015
Line 8
Dock's Clam Bar
Line 1
Claim No.
Line 2
Musical Composition
Shame
Line 3
Writer(s)
John H. Fitch; Reuben Cross
Line 4
Unichappell Music Inc.; Zella Music, a division of Unidisc Music Inc.
Line 5
7/28/77
Line 6
Registration No(s).
Ep 372766
Line 7
3/28/2015
Line 8
Dock's Clam Bar
Line 1
Claim No.
Line 2
Musical Composition
Turn The Beat Around a/k/a Turn The Beat Around (Love To Hear Percussion)
Line 3
Writer(s)
Peter Jackson; Gerald Jackson
Line 4
Unichappell Music Inc.
Line 5
6/6/75
11/15/79
Line 6
Registration No(s).
Eu 586537
PA 60-525
Line 7
3/28/2015
Line 8
Dock's Clam Bar
10
Line 1
Claim No.
Line 2
Musical Composition
Bad Luck
Line 3
Writer(s)
Victor Carstarphen; Gene McFadden; John Whitehead
Line 4
Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
Line 5
9/11/75
3/4/75
Line 6
Registration No(s).
Ep 342624
Eu 560453
Line 7
3/29/2015
Line 8
Dock's Clam Bar
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AO 440 (Rev. 06/12) Summons in a Civil Action

for the
Eastern District
of of
New
York
__________
District
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BROADCAST MUSIC, INC., et al.,

Plaintiff(s)
v.
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Civil Action No. 15-cv-3011
SUMMONS IN A CIVIL ACTION

To: (Defendants name and address)
Clam Bar Restaurant, Inc. d/b/a Dock's Clam Bar
240 Page Avenue, # 115
Staten Island, New York 10307
A lawsuit has been filed against you.

Within 21 days after service of this summons on you (not counting the day you received it) or 60 days if you
are the United States or a United States agency, or an officer or employee of the United States described in Fed. R. Civ.
P. 12 (a)(2) or (3) you must serve on the plaintiff an answer to the attached complaint or a motion under Rule 12 of
the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The answer or motion must be served on the plaintiff or plaintiffs attorney,
whose name and address are:
J. Brugh Lower, Esq.
GIBBONS P.C.
New York, New York 10119
973-596-4581, jlower@gibbonslaw.com
If you fail to respond, judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.
You also must file your answer or motion with the court.
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CLERK OF COURT
Date:
Signature of Clerk or Deputy Clerk


for the
Eastern District
of of
New
York
__________
District
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Plaintiff(s)
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Trish Leo

GIBBONS P.C.
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CLERK OF COURT
Date:


for the
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District
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Plaintiff(s)
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Kim Wisniewski

GIBBONS P.C.
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CLERK OF COURT
Date:

Dock's Clam Bar Lawsuit

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Case 1:15-cv-03011-FB-RML Document 1 Filed 05/22/15 Page 1 of 11 PageID #: 1

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

Case No. 15-cv-3011

Case 1:15-cv-03011-FB-RML Document 1 Filed 05/22/15 Page 2 of 11 PageID #: 2

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

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

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

Plaintiff Conducive Music is a sole proprietorship owned by Janice-Marie Vercher.

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

Plaintiff Embassy Music Corporation is a corporation. This Plaintiff is the copyright

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

Plaintiff Unichappell Music Inc. is a corporation. This Plaintiff is the copyright

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

Case 1:15-cv-03011-FB-RML Document 1 Filed 05/22/15 Page 3 of 11 PageID #: 3

at least one of the songs in this matter.

Plaintiff Rondor Music International, Inc. is a corporation doing business as Irving

Plaintiff Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. is a corporation. This Plaintiff is the

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

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

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

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

In connection with the operation of the Establishment, Defendant Clam Bar

Case 1:15-cv-03011-FB-RML Document 1 Filed 05/22/15 Page 4 of 11 PageID #: 4

Defendant Kim Wisniewski is a principal of Defendant Clam Bar Restaurant, Inc.

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

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

Case 1:15-cv-03011-FB-RML Document 1 Filed 05/22/15 Page 5 of 11 PageID #: 5

creator of that musical composition.

Case 1:15-cv-03011-FB-RML Document 1 Filed 05/22/15 Page 6 of 11 PageID #: 6

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

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

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

Case 1:15-cv-03011-FB-RML Document 1 Filed 05/22/15 Page 7 of 11 PageID #: 7

Ain't Too Proud To Beg

Eddie Holland, Norman Whitfield

Stone Diamond Music Corp.

Dock's Clam Bar

Boogie Oogie Oogie

Janice Marie Johnson; Perry Kibble

Dock's Clam Bar

Case 1:15-cv-03011-FB-RML Document 1 Filed 05/22/15 Page 8 of 11 PageID #: 8

Everytime You Go Away

Dock's Clam Bar

Rudy Clark; Arthur Resnick a/k/a Art Resnick

Dock's Clam Bar

Case 1:15-cv-03011-FB-RML Document 1 Filed 05/22/15 Page 9 of 11 PageID #: 9

Alvertis Isbell; Allen Jones; Otis Redding

Rondor Music International, Inc. d/b/a Irving Music

Dock's Clam Bar

Hustle a/k/a The Hustle

Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.; Van Mc Coy Music, Inc.

Dock's Clam Bar

I Can't Help Myself a/k/a Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch

Brian Holland; Lamont Dozier; Eddie Holland

Stone Diamond Music Corp.

Dock's Clam Bar

Case 1:15-cv-03011-FB-RML Document 1 Filed 05/22/15 Page 10 of 11 PageID #: 10

Dock's Clam Bar

John H. Fitch; Reuben Cross

Unichappell Music Inc.; Zella Music, a division of Unidisc Music Inc.

Dock's Clam Bar

Peter Jackson; Gerald Jackson

Unichappell Music Inc.

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