Pacific Century International, Ltd. v. Does
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Pacific Century International, Ltd. v. Does 1-101, No. 4:11-cv-02533 (N.D. Cal. July 8, 2011), is a court case where Pacific Century International requested to subpoena the names and identities of 101 BitTorrent users (elsewhere noted as Does) whose IP Addresses were tied to downloading one of their copyrighted works. The resulting court decision permitted Pacific Century International to subpoena the identity of Doe 1, but dismissed claims against Does 2-101 for failure to demonstrate that the Does had operated as a single group while distributing the torrent, preventing each users' subpoena request from being enjoined into a single court filing. This case set a precedent for disallowing filings against large groups of IP addresses used to distribute copyrighted works over peer-to-peer networks.
Pacific Century International, Ltd. v. Does 1-101 | |
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Court | United States District Court for the Northern District of California |
Full case name | Pacific Century International, Ltd. v. Does 1-101 |
Decided | July 8, 2011 |
Docket nos. | 4:11-cv-02533 |
Holding | |
Multiple parties that distribute a copyrighted work over BitTorrent cannot be sued in a single case | |
Court membership | |
Judge sitting | Donna M. Ryu |
Keywords | |
BitTorrent, Joinder, Expedited Discovery |