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D. GILL SPERLEIN (SBN 172887)
THE LAW OFFICE OF D. GILL SPERLEIN
584 Castro Street, Suite 879
San Francisco, California 94114
Telephone: (415) 404-6615
Facsimile: (415) 404-6616
Attorney for plaintiff
IO GROUP, INC.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN JOSE DIVISION
IO GROUP, INC. d/b/a TITAN
MEDIA, a California corporation,
Plaintiff,
vs.
DOES 1-138 individuals,
Defendants.
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CASE NO.: C-10-4381 (HRL)
PLAINTIFFS MISCELLANEOUS
ADMINISTRATIVE REQUEST
PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 7-11 FOR
LEAVE TO TAKE DISCOVERY PRIOR
TO RULE 26 CONFERENCE
Pursuant to Local Rule 7-11, Plaintiff seeks leave to take limited discovery prior to
the scheduled Rule 26 conference for the reasons set forth herein, and in the concurrently
filed Declaration of Michael Eichner in support of this motion. Plaintiff could not obtain
stipulation for this motion because Plaintiff cannot identify the Doe Defendants until the
requested discovery takes place.
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INTRODUCTION AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Io Group, Inc. is a California corporation doing business as Titan Media, with its
principal place of business located at 69 Converse Street, San Francisco, California 94103.
Titan Media produces, markets, and distributes adult entertainment products, including
Internet website content, videos, DVDs, photographs, etc. Plaintiff operates and maintains
a website by and through which individuals who pay a monthly subscription fee can view
its photographic and audiovisual works. (Complaint at 2.)
Defendant DOES 1-138 are individuals whose true names and addresses are
unknown to Plaintiff. (Id. at 3.) DOE Defendants 1 through 138distributed unauthorized
and infringing copies of Plaintiffs audiovisual works. (Id.,passim.)
Io Group, Inc. engaged Media Protector International GmbH (Media Protector
International) to locate and document infringing copies of its copyright protected works on
the P2P Network eDonkey2000. (Decl. of Michael Eichner at 2.) Media Protector
International identified locations from which individuals distributed files previously
verified to be Io Group movies. (Id. at 9.) Media Protector International then recorded
the IP address and the exact time and date at which it witnessed the infringing files. (Id.)
Plaintiff can only identify the infringers by way of further investigation
Specifically, in order to determine the identity of the subscribers, Plaintiff must now
subpoena Verizon Internet, the Internet service provider (ISP) that provided Internet access
to the infringers. Internet access providers only maintain subscriber activity logs for a
short period before destroying the information contained in the logs. (Id. at 10.)
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Accordingly, Plaintiff seeks leave from the Court to serve a Rule 45 third-party subpoena
on Verizon Internet prior to the Rule 26 Case Management Conference in this matter.
Federal law provides for the relief Plaintiff seeks.
ARGUMENT
Federal Rules Allow for Early Discovery
The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provide that, generally, a party may not
initiate discovery before the parties have met and conferred pursuant to Rule 26(f).
However, Rule 26(d) provides that a court may authorize earlier discovery for the
convenience of parties and witnesses and in the interests of justice. Fed. R. Civ. Pro
26(d). A court may grant a request to take discovery prior the parties meeting under Rule
26(f) where the requesting party demonstrates good cause. See Semitool, Inc. v. Tokyo
Electron Am., Inc., 208 F.R.D. 273, 276 (N.D. Cal. 2002). Good cause may be found
where the need for expedited discovery, in consideration of the administration of justice,
outweighs the prejudice to the responding party. Id. Courts frequently find good cause in
cases involving claims of infringement and unfair competition. Id.
Courts have recognized that, [s]ervice of process can pose a special dilemma for
plaintiffs in cases like this in which the tortuous activity occurred entirely on-line.
Columbia Ins. Co. v. Seescandy.com, 185 F.R.D. 573, 577 (N.D. Cal. 1999). Accordingly
courts have developed the following factors to consider when granting motions for
expedited discovery to identify anonymous Internet users: (1) whether the plaintiff can
identify the missing party with sufficient specificity such that the court can determine that
defendant is a real person or entity who could be sued in federal court; (2) all previous
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steps taken by the plaintiff to identify the Doe defendant; and (3) whether the plaintiffs
suit could withstand a motion to dismiss. Id. at 578-80. Each of these factors resolves in
favor of granting Plaintiffs requested relief.
First, Plaintiff has sufficiently identified individuals who are real persons Plaintiff
could sue in Federal Court. Plaintiff observed and documented infringement of its
registered works by the individuals identified as DOES in the Complaint. (Eichner Decl
at 9.) The requested discovery is necessary for Plaintiff to determine the true name and
address of the individuals who performed the infringing acts. (Id. at 11 and 13.)
Second, there are no other practical measures Plaintiff could take to identify the
DOE Defendants. (Id. at 11.) Plaintiff is aware of no available information that would
identify the infringing users, other than information maintained by Verizon Internet (the
name and address of account holders assigned the IP addresses identified by Media
Protector International). Due to the nature of on-line transactions, Plaintiff has no way of
determining Defendants identities except through a third-party subpoena.Id.
Third, Plaintiff has asserted a prima facia claim for copyright infringement in its
Complaint that can withstand a motion to dismiss. Specifically, Plaintiff has alleged that
a) it owns and has registered the copyrights in the works at issue and b) the Defendants
made unauthorized reproductions of those works and distributed them without Plaintiffs
authorization. These allegations state a claim for copyright infringement. 17 U.S.C.
106(1)(3). As further proof of copyright ownership, Plaintiff submits concurrently with
this request, Keith Ruoffs declaration attaching copies of the relevant copyright
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registration certificates issued by the United States Copyright Office or applications
therefore. See Ruoff Application Exhibit A.
When outlining the above factors, the courtin Columbia noted that in cases where
injured parties are likely to find themselves chasing unidentified tortfeasors from ISP to
ISP, the traditional enforcement of strict compliance with service requirements should be
tempered by the need to provide injured parties with a forum in which they may seek
redress for grievances. Columbia, 185 F.R.D. at 579. An analysis of the factors clearly
demonstrates Plaintiffs legitimate interest in identifying the name and address of the
individuals who infringed upon its copyrighted works.
Explanation of Specific Requests
In addition to the three factors discussed above, courts have indicated that a plaintiff
requesting early discovery to identify defendants should justify specific requests and
explain how such requests will lead to identifying information about defendant that would
make service of process possible. SeeColumbia 185 F.R.D. at 580; Gillespie v. Civiletti
629 F. 2d 637, 642 (9th
Cir.1980).
The infringement at issue in this action occurred through a distribution method
commonly referred to as peer-to-peer (P2P). Users download software to their computers
that allows them to locate and transfer files to and from other users. In order to use the
software to locate and exchange files, a user must connect to the Internet. (Eichner Decl.a
5.)
Individuals gain access to the Internet through an Internet service provider (ISP).
When an ISP such as Verizon Internet provides Internet access to a subscriber, it does so
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through a modem located at the subscribers home or office. (Id. at 6.) Each time the
subscriber accesses the Internet, Verizon Internet provides a unique number to the
subscriber called an Internet protocol (IP) address. This is somewhat akin to a telephone
number. (Id.) The IP address for a subscriber may stay the same (a static ip address) or it
may change from time to time (a dynamic ip address). (Id.) ISPs generally record the
times and dates it assigns each IP address to a subscriber. (Id.)
P2P technology used to locate and exchange files relies on the ability to identify the
computers to and from which users search and exchange files. The technology identifies
those computers through the IP address from which the computer connects to the Internet.
In this manner, Media Protector International identified the IP addresses from which
individuals connected to the Internet for the purpose of distributing unauthorized copies of
Plaintiffs works to others by and through P2P technology. (Id. at 7.) Media Protector
International recorded the exact date and time individuals used various IP addresses to
access the Internet to make these files available. (Id.) In all cases, Media Protector
International also conducted test downloads in order to provide conclusive evidence of the
fact that the logged IP addresses uploaded copyrighted works of the Io Group to others by
and through the eD2K network. (Id.)
Anyone can perform a simple search on public databases to determine which
Internet access provider controls a specific ip address. (Id. at 12.) All of the Internet
connections used to distribute Plaintiffs works as alleged in this action originated from IP
addresses controlled by Verizon Internet. (Id. at 13.) Plaintiff now seeks to subpoena
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Verizon Internet to determine the name and address of the subscribers to whom Verizon
Internet assigned the various IP addresses recorded by Media Protector International.
Plaintiff requests that the Court issue an order allowing Plaintiff to serve a subpoena
on Verizon Internet in substantially the same form as the example attached hereto as
Exhibit A. Judges of this District have issued similar orders. See, UMG Recordings, Inc
v. Does, 2006 U.S. Dist LEXIS 32821, *6 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 6, 2006). Judge Susan Illston
recently issued such an order in a case identical in every detail to the one now before the
Court except that all the infringers used a different ISP to access the Internet. See
Declaration of D. Gill Sperlein, Exhibit A.
Since 47 U.S.C. 551 (The Cable Privacy Act) prohibits cable operators from
disclosing personally identifiable information concerning subscribers without the prior
written or electronic consent of the subscriber or a court order, and since some Internet
service providers, are also cable operators, Plaintiff requests that the Court order state
clearly that the Court contemplated the Cable Privacy Act and that the order specifically
complies with the Acts requirements. See, 47 U.S.C. 551.
CONCLUSION
For the forgoing reasons, Plaintiff respectfully asks that the Court grant Plaintiffs
request and enter an order substantially in the form of the attached Proposed Order.
Dated: October 8, 2010 Respectfully submitted,
/s/ D. Gill Sperlein
_______________________________
GILL SPERLEIN
Attorney for Plaintiff IO GROUP, INC.
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Documents sufficient to identify the names, addresses, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses for yoursubscribers assigned ip addresses identified on Attachment A on the corresponding dates and times.
The Law Office of D. Gill Sperlein ph: 415-404-6615584 Castro Street, Suite 879 fx: 415-404-6616San Francisco, CA 94114 [email protected]
The Law Office of D. Gill Sperlein ph: 415-404-6615584 Castro Street, Suite 879 fx: 415-404-6616San Francisco, CA 94114 [email protected]
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