Legal Opinion
Arista Records LLC v. John Does 1-19
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 28, 2008No. Civil Action 07-1649(CKK)PublishedCited by 516 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY, District Judge.
This is a copyright infringement case in which Plaintiffs, ten music and recording entities, allege that nineteen unidentified “John Doe” Defendants infringed their copyrighted recordings by downloading and/or distributing the recordings using an online media distribution system. 1 Simultaneous with the filing of their Complaint, Plaintiffs filed an ex parte Motion for Leave to Take Immediate Discovery by serving a subpoena on non-party Internet Service Provider, The George Washington University (“GW”), to obtain identifying information…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Bell Atlantic Corp. v. TwomblySupreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Crawford-El v. BrittonSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Sony Music Entertainment Inc. v. Does 1-40District Court, S.D. New York · 2004
11 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by516 opinions
- St. Louis Group, Inc. v. Metals & Additives Corp.District Court, S.D. Texas · 2011
- Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. DoeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2018
- Arista Records LLC v. DOES 1-4District Court, D. Connecticut · 2008
- First Time Videos, LLC v. Does 1-500District Court, N.D. Illinois · 2011
- Ibarra v. City of ChicagoDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2011
511 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.