Prokopenko

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 VIRAL DRM LLC, Case No. 3:24-cv-00739-JSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v. REGARDING VIRAL DRM’S

STANDING

YURII PROKOPENKO,

Defendant.

11 Plaintiff Viral DRM LLC brings copyright infringement claims against Defendant Yurii Prokopenko alleging he downloaded and copied Viral DRM’s copyrighted materials from YouTube, and then re-uploaded infringing versions of its copyrighted media content to his YouTube channels Latest Weather and Tough Weather. This is one of several related copyright infringement actions. See Case Nos. 23-4300, 23-5045, 23-5594, 23-5977, 23-6261, 23-6598, 24- 731, 24-733, 24-746, 24-747. After Defendant failed to respond to the Complaint, Viral DRM moved for entry of default, which the Clerk granted, and now moves for entry of default judgment. (Dkt. Nos. 25, 29.1) At the hearing on Viral DRM’s motion for default judgment, the Court raised an issue regarding Viral DRM’s standing to bring the copyright…