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,
UMG RECORDINGS, INC.; SONY BMG
7 MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT; VIRGIN
RECORDS AMERICA, INC.; ATLANTIC
8 RECORDING CORPORATION;
9 INTERSCOPE RECORDS; ELEKTRA
ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC.; and
10 WARNER BROS. RECORDS INC.
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16 partnership; VIRGIN RECORDS AMERICA, TO TAKE IMMEDIATE DISCOVERY
INC., a California corporation; ATLANTIC
17 RECORDING CORPORATION, a Delaware
18 corporation; INTERSCOPE RECORDS, a
California general partnership; ELEKTRA
19 ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC., a Delaware
corporation; and WARNER BROS. RECORDS
20 INC., a Delaware corporation,
Plaintiffs,
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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 inthe 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 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 number, e—mail
I6 address, and Media Access Control ("MAC") address. Without this infomation, 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.
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 ER S & OWEN LLP
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