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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 28:1338 Copyright Infringement

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING LETTER ROGATORY 

No. C MDL-00-1369 (MHP) 

373366.01 

KEKER & VAN NEST, LLP 

JOHN W. KEKER - #49092 

MICHAEL H. PAGE - #154913 

RAGESH K. TANGRI - #159477 

710 Sansome Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111-1704 

Telephone: (415) 391-5400 

Facsimile: (415) 397-7188 

jwk@kvn.com 

mhp@kvn.com 

rkt@kvn.com 

Attorneys for Defendants 

HUMMER WINBLAD VENTURE PARTNERS IV, L.P.; 

HUMMER WINBLAD TECHNOLOGY FUND IV, L.P.; 

HUMMER WINBLAD EQUITY PARTNERS IV L.L.C.; HANK 

BARRY; and JOHN HUMMER 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

IN RE NAPSTER, INC. 

COPYRIGHT LITIGATION 

UMG RECORDINGS, INC., et al. 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

HUMMER WINBLAD VENTURE 

PARTNERS, et al., 

Defendants. 

 

No. C MDL-00-1369 (MHP) 

(No. C 04-1166 (MHP)) 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER REGARDING REQUEST FOR 

INTERNATIONAL JUDICIAL 

ASSISTANCE (LETTER ROGATORY ) 

NOBUYUKI IDEI 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING LETTER ROGATORY 

No. C MDL-00-1369 (MHP) 

373366.01 

WHEREAS, on February 24, 2006 this Court issued a letter rogatory, respectfully 

requesting that the Japanese authority cause it to be served upon Nobuyuki Idei, Japanese citizen 

and former Chairman and CEO, currently Chief Corporate Advisor, of Sony Corporation, 6-7-35 

Kitashinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 141-0001 Japan; AND 

WHEREAS this Court has respectfully requested that counsel for the Hummer Winblad 

Defendants and the UMG and EMI plaintiffs be permitted to attend any proceedings and 

question Mr. Idei; AND 

WHEREAS, the Bertelsmann Defendants’ request that they also be permitted to attend 

any proceedings and question Mr. Idei was inadvertently omitted from the letter rogatory that 

issued on February 24, 2006; AND 

WHEREAS, the Hummer Winblad Defendants, the UMG and EMI plaintiffs, and 

Bertelsmann Defendants request that they be allowed use of simultaneous interpretation 

personnel and equipment and be permitted to communicate with their Japanese counsel during 

the execution of the letter rogatory to ensure the letters rogatory process is efficiently and 

successfully carried out; AND 

WHEREAS, unless a disclosure of counsel is effectuated by order of this Court, the 

parties would be required to execute powers of attorney in order to be represented by Japanese 

counsel any proceedings before the Japanese authorities; 

THEREFORE, the parties hereby disclose their Japanese counsel as follows: 

For the Hummer Winblad Defendants: 

Koji Nishimura and Ryuichi Aoki of Matsuo & Kosugi, Fukoku Seimei Bldg. 18F, 2-2-2 

Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0011 Japan, telephone (03) 3500 0331. 

For the Bertelsmann Defendants: 

Shiro Kuniya of Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners, Kishimoto Building 2F, 2-1, Marunouchi 2-

Chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0005, Japan, telephone: (03)5224-5566 and Umedashinmichi 

Building 8F, 1-5, Dojima 1-Chome, Kita-ku, Osaka, 530-0003, Japan, telephone (06) 6341-

7406). 

For the EMI Plaintiffs: 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING LETTER ROGATORY 

No. C MDL-00-1369 (MHP) 

373366.01 

Mr. Kazuo Ohtake of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Kioicho Building, 3-12 Kioicho, 

Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 102-0094 Japan, telephone (03) 35116116. 

For the UMG Plaintiffs: 

Yoji Maeda and Yuki Terazawa of O'Melveny & Myers, Meiji Yasuda Seimei Building, 

11th Floor 2-1-1, Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0005, Japan, telephone (03) 5293 2700. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: June 8, 2006 KEKER & VAN NEST, LLP 

By: /s/ Shana N. Stanton 

Shana N. Stanton 

Attorneys for Defendants 

HUMMER WINBLAD VENTURE PARTNERS IV, 

L.P.; HUMMER WINBLAD TECHNOLOGY FUND 

IV, L.P.; HUMMER WINBLAD EQUITY 

PARTNERS IV LLC; HANK BARRY; and JOHN 

HUMMER 

Dated: June 8, 2006 MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP 

By: /s/ Kelly Klaus 

Kelly Klaus 

Attorneys for UMG Plaintiffs 

Dated: June 8, 2006 FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER & 

JACOBSON LLP 

By: /s/ Peter Simmons 

Peter Simmons 

Attorneys for EMI Plaintiffs 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING LETTER ROGATORY 

No. C MDL-00-1369 (MHP) 

373366.01 

Dated: June 8, 2006 WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP 

By: /s/ Gayle Rosenstein 

Gayle Rosenstein 

Attorneys for BERTELSMAN AG, BERTELSMANN, 

INC., and BeMUSIC, INC. 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

The Court having considered the parties’ requests, hereby orders that: 

(A) a request that the Bertelsmann Defendants be permitted to attend any proceedings 

and question Mr. Idei be transmitted to the Japanese authorities by delivering this stipulation and 

order concurrently with the letter rogatory issued on February 24, 2006; AND 

(B) a request that the parties be permitted to use of simultaneous interpretation personnel 

and equipment and be permitted to communicate with their Japanese counsel during the 

execution of the letter rogatory be transmitted to the Japanese authorities by delivering this 

stipulation and order concurrently with the letter rogatory issued on February 24, 2006; AND 

(B) the parties are permitted to disclose to their Japanese counsel to the Japanese 

authorities through this stipulation and order, and this Court requests that the disclosure be 

delivered concurrently with the letter rogatory issued on February 24, 2006. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ______________________________________

MARILYN HALL PATEL 

Judge of the United States District Court 

July 21, 2006

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Marilyn H. Patel

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