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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CORBIS CORP.,

Plaintiff(s),

v.

TIVOLI ASSOCIATES, INC, et

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Defendant(s).

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No. C 09-3383 BZ

ORDER DENYING MOTION 

TO COMPEL

Tivoli’s motion to compel further discovery is DENIED

with the exception that Corbis shall produce communications

with the copyright office related to its registration program. 

I find no need for a hearing.

I agree with Corbis that the issues presented by Tivoli

are primarily questions of law. See Bean v. McDougal Littell,

669 F.Supp.2d, 1031, 1036 (D. Ariz. 2008). Given that Corbis

has turned over all requested documents with respect to

photographs whose images are at issue, the remainder of the

documents that Tivoli seeks are wholly or largely irrelevant

to the issues before the Court. Significantly, Tivoli has not

shown that the documents Corbis has produced provide any

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factual support for its theories. Given the tremendous cost

of accomplishing the proposed discovery, which Tivoli does not

seriously dispute, and given what is at stake in this

litigation, I find that, pursuant to Rule 26(b)(2)(C)(iii) the

burden and expense of the proposed discovery outweighs its

likely benefit.

Given Corbis’s concession that it does not intend to rely

on internal settlement documents (Opp. P. 18, l. 11-12), I

deem these requests MOOT.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Tivoli’s motion is DENIED,

except as to communications between Corbis and the copyright

office, which shall be produced by May 5, 2010.

Dated: April 23, 2010 

 Bernard Zimmerman 

 United States Magistrate Judge

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