Case 3:07-cv-04860-MHP
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Filed 06/06/2008
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1 2 3 4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 6 UMG RECORDINGS, INC., et al., 7 Plaintiff(s), 8 vs. 9 JOHN DOE, 10 United States District Court For the Northern District of California Defendant(s). 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Date: June 5, 2008 MARILYN HALL PATEL United States District Court Judge Northern District of California Plaintiffs have filed a complaint for copyright infringement with respect to certain recordings listed in Exhibit A to their complaint. They seek extraordinary relief in the nature of an application for leave to take immediate discovery of defendant's internet service provider in order to determine the identity of the defendant. The court has reviewed the complaint and its attachments and finds that plaintiffs have failed to provide the copyright registration forms showing their ownership of the copyrights alleged. In order to obtain any relief in this action, including the extraordinary relief they now seek, they must present evidence of their title or rights to the copyrights in question. Therefore, plaintiffs shall submit within thirty (30) days of the date of this order the copyright registrations for each of the alleged works and if the copyrights are not held in the name of the named plaintiff either as the claimant or as the party who is the owner of the copyright, they shall submit the documents necessary to show assignments or other transfers of title to the named plaintiff. Upon submission of the above described documents, the court will proceed with this action, including extending the time within which the defendant must be served. / ORDER RE FURTHER SUBMISSIONS No. C07-04860 MHP UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT