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MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA r. r.. !1 I. !:. IO~ANDODMSION p,~1 -" -'1.~INTERSCOPERECORDS.a California CaseNo.:

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generalpartnership;CAROLINERECORDS. NC.. a New Yorkcorporation;CAPITOL RECORDS,INC.. a Delaware orporation;MAVERICK RECORDINGCOMPANY. a California oint venture;WARNER BROS.RECORDS NC.. aDelaware orporation;LONDON-SIRERECORDS NC.. a Delawarecorporation;UMG RECORDINGS. NC..a Delaware orporation;SONY MUSICENTERTAINMENT INC.. a Delawarecorporation;MOTOWN RECORDCOMPANY. L.P., a California imitedpartnership;ARISTA RECORDS, NC.,a Delawarecorporation;FONOVISA,INC.. a California corporation;BMGMUSIC, a New York general artnership;ATLANTIC RECORDINGCORPORA ON, a Delawarecorporation;ELEKTRA

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Delaware orporation;PRIORITYRECORDSLLC. a California imitedliability company;andVIRGINRECORDSAMERICA, INC.. aCalifornia corporation.Plaintiffs.v.DOES 1 - 25,Defendants.

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COMPLAINT FOR COPYRI GHT INFRINGEMENT(INJUNCTIVE RELIEF SOUGHT)\II r'

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JURISDICTION AND VENUE1. This s a civil actionseeking amages nd njunctive elief for copyrightinfringementunder he copyright awsof the United States 17 U.S.C. § 101et seq.). 2. This Court has urisdiction under17 U.S.C. § 101et seq.;28 U.S.C. § 1331 (federalquestion);and28 U.S.C. § 1338(a) copyright). 3. Venue n this District is properunder28 U.S.C.§ 1391(b)and/or28 V.S.C. § 1400(a).Although he true dentity of eachDefendants unknown o Plaintiffs at this time, on informationandbelief, eachDefendantmay be found n this District and/ora substantial art of the actsof infringementcomplained f hereinoccurredn this District. On informationand belief, personalurisdiction in this District is properbecause achDefendant,without consent r permissionof the copyrightowner,disseminated ver he Internetcopyrightedworks owned and/orcontrolledby the Plaintiffs. On nformationandbelief, such llegal dissemination occurred n every urisdiction in the United States,ncluding his one. In addition,eachDefendant ontractedwith an nternetServiceProvider ound n this District to provide each Defendantwith the accesso the nternetwhich facilitatedDefendants'nfringing activities. PARTIES4. Plaintiff InterscopeRecordss a Californiageneral artnership,with its principal placeof businessn the Stateof California. 2

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5. Plaintiff CarolineRecords, nc. s a corporation uly organized nd existingunderthe aws of the Stateof New York, with its principalplaceof businessn New York. 6. Plaintiff Capitol Records,nc. s a corporation uly organized ndexistingunder the aws of the Stateof Delaware,with its principalplaceof businessn the Stateof New York. 7. Plaintiff Maverick RecordingCompanys a oint venturebetweenMaverick Records nd WarnerBros.Records nc., organized ndexistingunder he aws of the Stateof California, with its principal placeof businessn the Stateof California. 8. PlaintifTWamerBros. Recordsnc. is a corporation uly organized ndexisting under he aws of the Stateof Delaware,with its principalplaceof businessn the Stateof California.9. Plaintiff London-SireRecords nc. is a corporation uly organized ndexistingunder he aws of the Stateof Delaware,with its principalplaceof businessn the Stateof New York.10. PlaintiffUMG Recordings,nc. s a corporation uly organized ndexistingunder the aws of the Stateof Delaware,with its principalplaceof businessn the Stateof California. 11. Plaintiff SonyMusic Entertainmentnc. is a corporation uly organized ndexisting under he aws of the Stateof Delaware,with its principal placeof businessn the State of New York.3.

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