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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17:501 Copyright Infringement

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Matthew Franklin Jaksa (CA State Bar No. 248072) 

HOLME ROBERTS & OWEN LLP

560 Mission Street, 25th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105-2994 

Telephone: (415) 268-2000 

Facsimile: (415) 268-1999 

Email: matt.jaksa@hro.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs, 

VIRGIN RECORDS AMERICA, INC.; ARISTA 

RECORDS LLC; BMG MUSIC; CAPITOL RECORDS, 

INC.; ELEKTRA ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC.; 

INTERSCOPE RECORDS; LAVA RECORDS LLC; 

PRIORITY RECORDS LLC; SONY BMG MUSIC 

ENTERTAINMENT; UMG RECORDINGS, INC.; and 

WARNER BROS. RECORDS INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - FRESNO DIVISION 

VIRGIN RECORDS AMERICA, INC., a 

California corporation; ARISTA RECORDS 

LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; 

BMG MUSIC, a New York general partnership; 

CAPITOL RECORDS, INC., a Delaware 

corporation; ELEKTRA ENTERTAINMENT 

GROUP INC., a Delaware corporation; 

INTERSCOPE RECORDS, a California general 

partnership; LAVA RECORDS LLC, a 

Delaware limited liability company; PRIORITY 

RECORDS LLC, a California limited liability 

company; SONY BMG MUSIC 

ENTERTAINMENT, a Delaware general 

partnership; UMG RECORDINGS, INC., a 

Delaware corporation; and WARNER BROS. 

RECORDS INC., a Delaware corporation, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

DOES 1-5, 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. 1:07-CV-01525-LJO-SMS 

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ EX 

PARTE APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO 

TAKE IMMEDIATE DISCOVERY 

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Upon the Plaintiffs’ Ex Parte Application for Leave to Take Immediate Discovery, the 

Declaration of Carlos Linares, and the accompanying Memorandum of Law, it is hereby: 

ORDERED that Plaintiffs may serve immediate discovery on California State University - 

Fresno to obtain the identity of each Doe Defendant by serving a Rule 45 subpoena that seeks 

documents that identify each Doe Defendant, including the name, current (and permanent) addresses 

and telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, and Media Access Control addresses for each Defendant. 

The subpoena may also seek all documents and electronically-stored information relating to the 

assignment of any IP address which Cal. State - Fresno cannot link to a specific Doe Defendant. The 

disclosure of this information is ordered pursuant to 20 U.S.C. § 1232g(b)(2)(B). 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT any information disclosed to Plaintiffs in response to 

the Rule 45 subpoena may be used by Plaintiffs solely for the purpose of protecting Plaintiffs’ rights 

under the Copyright Act. 

Dated: 10/24/2007 By: /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

 United States Magistrate Judge 

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