Free Order on Motion for Discovery - District Court of California - California

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Matthew Franklin Jaksa (CA State Bar No. 248072) HOLME ROBERTS & OWEN LLP 560 Mission Street, 25th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105-2994 Telephone: (415) 268-2000 Facsimile: (415) 268-1999 Email: [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiffs, ELEKTRA ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC.; CAPITOL RECORDS, INC.; UMG RECORDINGS, INC.; and VIRGIN RECORDS AMERICA, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ELEKTRA ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC., a Delaware corporation; CAPITOL RECORDS, INC., a Delaware corporation; UMG RECORDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation; and VIRGIN RECORDS AMERICA, INC., a California corporation, Plaintiffs, v. JOHN DOE #7, Defendant.

CASE NO. C 07-04851 CRB

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS' EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO TAKE IMMEDIATE DISCOVERY

[Proposed] Order Granting Ex Parte Application for Leave to Take Immediate Discovery Case No. C 07-04851 CRB
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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 San Francisco State University to obtain the identity of Defendant John Doe # 7 ("Defendant") by serving a Rule 45 subpoena that seeks documents that identify Defendant, including the name, current (and permanent) address and telephone number, e-mail address, and Media Access Control addresses for Defendant. The disclosure of this information is consistent with San Francisco State University's obligations under 20 U.S.C. 1232g. 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 1, 2007

By: ________________________________ United States District Judge

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