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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

[email protected]

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

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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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DOES 1 - 138

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orthern istrict of California

Verizon Online, LLC

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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