Sony Music Entertainment Inc. v. Does 1-40

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that it would be premature to determine that personal jurisdiction is lacking before the defendant had been identified
• noting that “defendants have little expectation of privacy in downloading and distributing copyrighted [material] without permission”
• noting that “defendants have little expectation of privacy in downloading and distributing copyrighted [material] without permission”
• noting that “defendants have little expectation of privacy in downloading and distributing copyrighted [material] without permission”
• finding absence of other means to obtain subpoenaed information under similar circumstances
• “Ascertaining the identities and residences of the Doe defendants is critical to plaintiffs’ ability to pursue litigation, for without this information, plaintiffs will be unable to serve process.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).