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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

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LIBERTY MEDIA HOLDINGS, LLC Civil No. 10cv1972-JAH (POR)

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ EX

PARTE APPLICATION FOR LEAVE

TO TAKE IMMEDIATE DISCOVERY

[Doc. 12.]

v.

YOUNGTEK SOLUTIONS, LTD, doing

business as TNAFLIX.COM, FRANK, DOES

1, 2, and 3-500,

Defendants.

On September 21, 2010, Plaintiff filed a complaint against Youngtek Solutions, LTD, d/b/a

Tnaflix.com, and the Doe Defendants for copyright infringement. Plaintiff does not know the names

of the Doe Defendants, but has identified the Defendants by their screen names: greatBoobies1985,

tyvm, and jiginghey. On December 20, 2010, Plaintiff filed an Ex Parte Motion seeking leave of the

Court to serve immediate discovery on Defendant Youngtek Solutions, LLC, d/b/a Tnaflix.com, to

identify the true identities of Doe Defendants. Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26 and

34, Plaintiff intends to seek production of documents that identify each Defendant’s true name,

addresses, e-mail addresses, I. P. addresses, and the dates and times of logins to Tnaflix. Plaintiff

further seeks documentation sufficient to determine the number of counts of copyright infringement

committed by each Defendant, including a log or other record of all videos uploaded.

In accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(d), discovery does not commence

until parties to an action meet and confer as prescribed by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f),

unless by court order or agreement of the parties. A court order permitting early discovery may be

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appropriate “where the need for expedited discovery, in consideration of the administration of

justice, outweighs the prejudice to the responding party.” Semitool, Inc. v. Tokyo Electron

America, Inc., 208 F.R.D. 273, 276 (N.D.Cal. 2002). 

After reviewing Plaintiff’s Ex Parte Motion for leave to take early discovery, and the

accompanying Memorandum of Points and Authorities, the Court finds good cause to grant

Plaintiff’s Motion, based on: (1) the allegations of copyright infringement contained in Plaintiff’s

complaint; (2) the danger that Defendant Youngtek Solutions, LLC, d/b/a Tnaflix.com will not long

preserve the information that Plaintiff seeks; (3) the narrow tailoring of the discovery request so as

not to exceed the minimum information required to advance this lawsuit without prejudicing the

Defendants; and (4) the Court’s finding that the expedited discovery requested will substantially

contribute to moving this case forward. Furthermore, without such discovery, Plaintiff cannot

identify the Doe Defendants, and thus cannot pursue its lawsuit to protect their copyrighted works

from infringement. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

1. Plaintiff may serve immediate discovery on Defendant Youngtek Solutions, LLC,

d/b/a Tnaflix.com to obtain the identity of each Doe Defendant by serving a request

for production pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34 that seeks information

sufficient to identify each Doe Defendant, including name, addresses, e-mail

addresses, I. P. addresses, and the dates and times of logins to Tnaflix. Plaintiff may

also seek documentation sufficient to determine the number of counts of copyright

infringement committed by each Defendant.

2. Any information disclosed to Plaintiff in response to the request for production may

be used by Plaintiff solely for the purpose of protecting its rights under the Copyright

Act.

3. If Defendant Youngtek Solutions, LLC, d/b/a Tnaflix.com wishes to move to oppose

the request for production, it shall do so before the return date of the request. If such

a motion is brought, Defendant shall nonetheless preserve the information sought in

the request for production pending resolution of such motion.

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4. Plaintiff shall provide a copy of this Order to Defendant Youngtek Solutions, LLC,

d/b/a Tnaflix.com when the request for production is served. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: December 27, 2010

LOUISA S PORTER

United States Magistrate Judge

cc: The Honorable John A. Houston

All parties

 

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