Arista Records LLC et al v. Does 1-8

Filing 8

ORDER granting 3 Motion for leave to take immediate discovery. That Plaintiffs shall serve a copy of this Order on NAU and the Motion 3 , if they have not done so already. See order for details. Signed by Judge James A Teilborg on 9/5/08. (DMT, )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

WO

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Arista Records LLC, a Delaware limited) ) liability company; et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) Does 1-8, ) ) Defendants. ) )

CV-08-8088-PCT-JAT

ORDER

Upon the Plaintiffs' Application for Leave to Take Immediate Discovery, the Declaration of Carlos Linares, and the accompanying Memorandum of Law; and the Court finding good cause for limited discovery, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED GRANTING Plaintiffs' Application for Leave to Take Immediate Discovery (Doc. #3). IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs may serve immediate discovery on the Northern Arizona University to obtain the identity of each Doe Defendant by serving a Rule 45 subpoena that seeks documents that identify each Doe Defendant, including the name, current (and permanent) addresses and telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, and Media Access Control addresses for each Defendant. The subpoena may also seek all documents and electronically-stored information relating to the assignment of any IP address that NAU cannot link to a specific Doe Defendant. The disclosure of this information is ordered pursuant to 20 U.S.C. §1232g(b)(2)(B).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any information disclosed to Plaintiffs in response to the Rule 45 subpoena may be sued by Plaintiffs solely for the purpose of protecting Plaintiffs' rights under the Copyright Act. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs shall serve a copy of this Order on NAU and the Motion (Doc. #3), if they have not done so already. DATED this 5th day of September, 2008.

-2-