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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17:101 Copyright Infringement

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MALIBU MEDIA, LLC,

Plaintiff,

 v.

JOHN DOE Subscriber Assigned IP 

Address 76.126.99.126,

Defendant. /

And All Related Cross-Actions.

 /

No. C 15-04441 WHA

ORDER RE SEALING MOTION

Defendant has moved to keep portions of the Court’s order denying his motion to quash

subpoenas under seal, citing concerns that excerpts from Internet posts allegedly made by him

and his user name could be used to identify him, thereby exposing him to embarrassment and

pressure to settle this litigation. The motion is GRANTED, with one exception. Page 4 of the

order reads “Malibu Media identifies numerous other posts by the user [defendant’s username]

on the forgoing websites and others, not set forth in detail in this order, many of which refer to

masturbation, pornography, voyeurism [and other topics].” In addition to his user name (which

may be redacted), defendant seeks to redact the text “masturbation, pornography, voyeurism”

(though not the subsequent topics). These generic references cannot be used to identify

defendant in any way, so there is no good cause to redact that text. To that extent only,

defendant’s motion is DENIED.

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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To be clear, this is without prejudice to whether the same or similar materials may be

redacted or sealed in future filings or proceedings, including at trial.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 23, 2016. 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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