Pacific Century International LTD v. Does 1-101

Filing 11

ORDER for Supplemental Information. Signed by Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu on 7/14/2011. (dmrlc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/14/2011)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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PACIFIC
LTD,

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CENTURY

INTERNATIONAL

Plaintiff,

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No. C-11-02533-DMR
ORDER REQUESTING
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

v.

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DOE 1,

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Defendant.
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The court has received and reviewed Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to File Amended

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Complaint. To facilitate the court’s decision on the motion, the court hereby ORDERS Plaintiff to

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submit a sworn declaration to the court no later than August 8, 2011 that addresses the following

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issues:

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If an individual uploads the same file with its unique hash value to multiple,

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independent BitTorrent websites, do the swarms that develop from these separate

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uploads interact? If so, under what circumstances?

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Is it possible in any circumstance that the resulting swarms that develop from these
separate uploads would not interact? In other words, is there any circumstance in

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which two individuals could use BitTorrent to download a specific file with a given

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hash value and not have participated in the same swarm?

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: July 14, 2011

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DONNA M. RYU
United States Magistrate Judge

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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