Otto v. Hearst Communications, Inc.
Plaintiff: Jonathan Otto
Defendant: Hearst Communications, Inc.
Case Number: 1:2017cv04712
Filed: June 21, 2017
Court: US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Office: Foley Square Office
Presiding Judge: Gregory H. Woods
Nature of Suit: Copyrights
Cause of Action: 17 U.S.C. ยง 101
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff

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March 3, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 147 ORDER: denying 142 Motion for Reconsideration. Plaintiff's motion for reconsideration is denied. The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate the motion pending at Dkt. No. 142. And as set forth herein. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Gregory H. Woods on 3/03/2020) (ama)
January 23, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 141 CLERK'S JUDGMENT re: 139 Order in favor of Jonathan Otto against Hearst Communications, Inc. in the amount of $750.00. It is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED: That for the reasons stated in the Court's Memorandum Opinion and Order dated January 23, 2020, judgment is entered for Plaintiff in the amount of $750.00; accordingly, the case is closed. (Signed by Clerk of Court Ruby Krajick on 1/23/2020) (Attachments: # 1 Right to Appeal)(km)
March 5, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 94 OPINION AND ORDER: For the foregoing reasons, the Court denies both Hearst's motion for sanctions, and Otto's cross-motion for a judgment of civil contempt and sanctions. In addition, neither party is awarded attorneys' fees. Accordi ngly, the Clerk is respectfully directed to close Docket Nos. 59 and 66 and mark each of them as denied. This Opinion and Order refers to information that has been redacted in Hearst's motion papers, and accordingly will be temporarily filed und er seal (and provided to the parties in unredacted form by email). The Court directs the parties to send a joint letter to the Court by email to CottNYSDChambers@nysd.uscourts.gov within 5 business days of the date of this Opinion and Order wi th any proposed redactions for the Court's review. The parties should be mindful of the presumption of public access to judicial documents in proposing any redactions, as notwithstanding the issues related to the confidentiality of the settleme nt conference, the Court believes it is in the public interest to publish this opinion without any redactions unless the parties can justify them. See, e.g., Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga, 435 F.3d 110, 119-20 (2d Cir. 2006). The Court will then determine how this Opinion and Order may be filed on the public docket. Until further order of the Court, the Clerk is respectfully directed to file this Opinion and Order under seal. (This document was previously sealed in envelope #92 and unsealed on 3/5/2019.) (Signed by Magistrate Judge James L. Cott on 2/21/2018) (kgo)
December 10, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 85 OPINION AND ORDER: re: 51 MOTION for Summary Judgment . filed by Hearst Communications, Inc., 55 MOTION to Strike Document No. [38, 39] the February 22, 2018 Declaration of Donna Halperin and Certain Paragraphs of the F ebruary 24, 2018 Declaration of Jonathan Otto. filed by Hearst Communications, Inc., 36 MOTION for Summary Judgment Against Defendant Hearst Communications, Inc. on liability for Copyright Infringement. filed by Jonathan Otto.F or the foregoing reasons, Ottos motion for partial summary judgment is GRANTED on the issues of Hearst's liability for copyright infringement and Hearst's assertion of its affirmative defenses. Hearst's motion for partial summary jud gment is DENIED on both the issues of fair use and willfulness. The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate the motions pending at Dkt. Nos. 36, 51, and 55. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Gregory H. Woods on 12/10/2018) (js) Transmission to Orders and Judgments Clerk for processing.
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Plaintiff: Jonathan Otto
Represented By: Richard Liebowitz
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Defendant: Hearst Communications, Inc.
Represented By: Jennifer Deanne Bishop
Represented By: Jonathan R. Donnellan
Represented By: Ravi Viren Sitwala
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