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
2 560 Mission Street, 25th Floor
3 San Francisco, CA 94105-2994
Telephone: (415) 268-2000
4 Facsimile: (415) 268-1999
5 Email: matt.j [email protected]
6 Attorneys for Plaintiffs,
LOUD RECORDS LLC; UMG I
7 RECORDINGS, INC.; SONY BMG
MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT; ELEKTRA
8 ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC.; and
9 FONOVISA, INC.
10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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corporation; UMG RECORDINGS, INC., a
I4 Delaware corporation; SONY BMG MUSIC EX PART E APPLICATION FOR LEAVE
15 ENTERTAINMENT, a Delaware genemi T0 TAKE IMMEDIATE DISCOVERY
partnership; ELEKTRA ENTERTAINMENT
16 GROUP INC., a Delaware corporation; and
FONOVISA, INC., a California corporation,,
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l 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
ll 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 Internet Protocol ("IP") address assigned
13 to Defendant on the date and time of Defendant’s infringing activity.
14 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 ntunber, 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
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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.
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1 WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs apply ex parte for an Order permitting Plaintiffs to conduct the
2 foregoing requested discovery immediately.
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MATTHEW FRANKLIN JAKSA
7 Attorney for Plaintiffs
LOUD RECORDS LLC; UMG
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