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Parties Involved:
Arista Records LLC
Plaintiff
BMG Music
Plaintiff
Capitol Records, Inc.
Plaintiff
John Doe
Defendant
Interscope Records
Plaintiff
Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Plaintiff
UMG Recordings, Inc.
Plaintiff
Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Plaintiff

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Case No. CIV-S-07-2223 FCD KJM

#33314 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,

SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT;

CAPITOL RECORDS, INC.; INTERSCOPE

RECORDS; ARISTA RECORDS LLC; UMG

RECORDINGS, INC.; BMG MUSIC; and

WARNER BROS. RECORDS INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, a

Delaware general partnership; CAPITOL

RECORDS, INC., a Delaware corporation;

INTERSCOPE RECORDS, a California general

partnership; ARISTA RECORDS LLC, a

Delaware limited liability company; UMG

RECORDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation;

BMG MUSIC, a New York general partnership;

and WARNER BROS. RECORDS INC., a

Delaware corporation,

Plaintiffs,

v.

JOHN DOE,

Defendant.

CASE NO. CIV S-07-2223 FCD KJM

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ EX

PARTE APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO

TAKE IMMEDIATE DISCOVERY

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Case No. CIV-S-07-2223 FCD KJM

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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, Chico to obtain the identity of Defendant by serving a Rule 45 subpoena that seeks

documents that identify Defendant, including the name, current (and permanent) addresses and

telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, and Media Access Control addresses for Defendant. The

subpoena may also seek all documents and electronically-stored information relating to the

assignment of the IP address in the event that California State University, Chico cannot link the IP

address to a specific individual. 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: October 29, 2007.

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