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

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[Proposed] Order Granting Ex Parte Application For Leave To Take Immediate Discovery 

Case No. 

#33313 v1

Matthew Franklin Jaksa (CA State Bar No. 248072)

HOLME ROBERTS & OWEN LLP

560 Mission Street, 25 Floor th

San Francisco, CA 94105-2994

Telephone: (415) 268-2000

Facsimile: (415) 268-1999

Email: matt.jaksa@hro.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs,

LAFACE RECORDS LLC; ARISTA RECORDS

LLC; BMG MUSIC; CAPITOL RECORDS, INC.;

ELEKTRA ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC.;

INTERSCOPE RECORDS; SONY BMG MUSIC

ENTERTAINMENT; UMG RECORDINGS, INC.;

VIRGIN RECORDS AMERICA, INC.; and

WARNER BROS. RECORDS INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SACRAMENTO DIVISION

LAFACE RECORDS LLC, a Delaware limited

liability company; 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; SONY BMG MUSIC

ENTERTAINMENT, a Delaware general

partnership; UMG RECORDINGS, INC., a

Delaware corporation; VIRGIN RECORDS

AMERICA, INC., a California corporation; and

WARNER BROS. RECORDS INC., a Delaware

corporation,

Plaintiffs,

v.

DOES 1-3,

Defendant.

CASE NO. CIV-07-2221 RSL GGH

ORDER GRANTING EX PARTE

APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO TAKE

IMMEDIATE DISCOVERY 

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[Proposed] Order Granting Ex Parte Application For Leave To Take Immediate Discovery 

Case No. 

#33313 v1

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 -

Sacramento 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 - Sacramento 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: 10/31/07 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows

U.S. Magistrate Judge

Laface.ord

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