Free Ex Parte Application - District Court of California - California

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1 Matthew Franklin Jaksa (CA State Bar No. 248072) »».»-
HOLME ROBERTS & OWEN LLP O.] , M I _ -
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6 Attomeys for Plaintiffs,
UMG RECORDINGS, INC.; VIRGIN N M g
7 RECORDS AMERICA, INC.; LAFACE (MEI
RECORDS LLC; SONY BMG MUSIC `
8 ENTERTAINMENT; INTERSCOPE
9 RECORDS; and CAPITOL RECORDS,
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I4 UMG RECORDINGS, INC., a Delaware CASE NO.
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16 Rncoims LLC, a Delaware iimited rrabrmy T0 TAKE IMMEDIATE DISCOVERY
company; SONY BMG MUSIC ·
17 ENTERTAINMENT, a Delaware general
18 partnership; INTERSCOPE RECORDS, a
California general partnership; and CAPITOL
19 RECORDS, INC., a Delaware corporation,
Plaintiffs,
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22 JOHN DOE,
Defendant.
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Ex Parte Application for Leave to Take Immediate Discovery
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1 Plaintiffs, through their undersigned counsel, pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26
2 and 45, the Declaration of Carlos Linares, and the authorities cited in the supporting Memorandum
3 of Law, hereby apply ex parte for an Order permitting Plaintiffs to take immediate discovery.
4 In support thereof, Plaintiffs represent as follows:
5 1. Plaintiffs, record companies who own the copyrights in the most popular sound
6 recordings in the United States, seek leave of the Court to serve limited, immediate discovery on a
7 third party Internet Service Provider ("ISP") to determine the true identities of Doe Defendants, who
8 are being sued for direct copyright infringement.
9 2. As alleged in the complaint, the Defendant John Doe, without authorization, used an
10 online media distribution system to download Plaintiffs’ copyrighted works and/or distribute
11 copyrighted works to the public. Although Plaintiffs do not know the true names of Defendants
12 John Doe, Plaintiffs have identified Defendant by a unique Intemet Protocol ("IP") address assigned
13 to Defendant on the date and time of D_efendant’s infringing activity.
14 A 3. Plaintiffs intend to serve a Rule 45 subpoena on the ISP seeking documents that
15 identify Defendant’s true name, current (and permanent) address and telephone number, e-mail
16 address, and Media Access Control ("MAC") address. Without this information, Plaintiffs cannot
17 identify the Doe Defendants or pursue their lawsuit to protect their copyrighted works from repeated
18 infringement.
_ 19 4. Good cause exists to allow Plaintiffs to conduct this limited discovery in advance of a
20 Rule 26(f) conference where there are no known defendants with whom to confer.
21 WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs apply ex parte for an Order permitting Plaintiffs to conduct the
22 foregoing requested discovery immediately. ‘ -
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24 Dated: June 13, 2007 HOLME RO ERTS & OWEN LLP
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MATTHEW FRANKLIN JAKSA
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