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ttorneys

for Plaintiff

Bonnie

Schiffman

UNITED

STATES DISTRICT

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CE\'TRAL

DISTRICT

OF

CALIFORNIA, WESTERN DIVISION

BONNIE SCHIFFMA't\, an individual.

Plaintiff,

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vs.

ROD

STEWART, an

individual; STEWART

ANNOYANCES, LTD., a California

corporation;

THE

STIEFEL OFFICE,

LIMITED.,

a California corporation;

ANSCHUTZ E:-JTERTAINlviENT GROUP. I

INC., a Colorado corporation

dba AEG

LIVE:

CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT

CORPORATION, a

Delaware

corporation;

and·

DOES

1 through2:5'; inclusive,

to

Defendants.

PlaintiffBoilllie Schiffman alleges:

C O M P L A ~ T

FOR COPYRIGHT

INFRINGE vfENT

[DEMAND\ FOR JURY TRIAL]

NATURE OF THE ACTIOl\

L Rod's Back" is a tagline referring to a

comeback

tour by famous singer Rod

Stewan

and

also to Plaintiffs iconic image of the back of

Stewmi's

head with lhe unmistakable bouffant hair

style. Plaintiff created

the image and it was licensed

non-exclusijly

for a greatest hits album in

1989.

Then

in 2013, Stewart and his handlers offered the photogrlpher

$1

,500 to re-use the image

on a billboard. Plaintiff turned

down

the offer. Rather than findink a new image, Defendants simply

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