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iUNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTFOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORKSONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT,INC. et al.,Plaintiffs,- against -DOES 1 - 40,Defendants.:::::::Case No. 04-cv-00473

MEMORANDUM OF AMICI CURIAEPUBLIC CITIZEN, AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION AND

ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATIONIN SUPPORT OF MOTIONS TO QUASHTABLE OF CONTENTS

I.

STATEMENT.....................................................................................................1

II.

ARGUMENT......................................................................................................2

A.

Balancing the Right to Anonymous Speech Against the Need forDisclosure........................................................................................................3

B.

Personal Jurisdiction......................................................................................10

C.

Joinder............................................................................................................12

D.

Suppression or Return of Disclosed Identity Information............................16

III.

CONCLUSION.................................................................................................17

ii

TABLE OF AUTHORITIESCases

AFGE v. HUD

, 351 F.3d 1229 (D.C. Cir. 1997).......................................................7

AFL-CIO v. FEC

, 333 F.3d 168 (D.C. Cir. 2003).....................................................8

ALS Scan v. Digital Service Consultants

, 293 F.3d 707 (4

th

Cir. 2002)..................10

Baker v. F&F Investment

, 470 F.2d 778 (2d Cir.1972).............................................5

Bates v. City of Little Rock

, 361 U.S. 516 (1960)......................................................8

Bensusan Restaurant Corp. v. King

, 126 F.3d 25 (2d Cir. 1997)............................10

Black Panther Party v. Smith

, 661 F.2d 1243 (D.C. Cir. 1981)................................8

BMG Music et al. v. Does 1-203

, Civil Action no. 04-650(E.D. Pa. March 5, 2005).....................................................................................13

Carey v. Hume,

492 F.2d 631 (D.C. Cir. 1974).........................................................5

Cervantes v. Time,

464 F.2d 986 (8

th

Cir. 1972).......................................................5

Citigroup v. City Holding Co.

, 97 F.Supp.2d 549 (S.D.N.Y. 2000).......................10

Columbia Ins. Co. v. Seescandy.com

, 185 FRD 573 (N.D.Cal. 1999)..................7, 9

Dendrite v. Doe

, 775 A.2d 756 (N.J.App. 2001)...................................................5, 9

Ealy v. Littlejohn

, 569 F.2d 219 (5

th

Cir. 1978).....................................................5, 8

Eldred v. Ashcroft

, 123 S.Ct. 769 (2003)...................................................................5

Guest v. Leis

, 255 F.3d 325 (6

th

Cir. 2001)................................................................7

Harper & Row Pub. v. Nation Enterprises

, 471 U.S. 539 (1985).............................5

In re Ski Train Fire

, 2003 WL 22909153 (S.D.N.Y. 2003)....................................10

iii

In re Verizon Internet Svces

, 257 F.Supp.2d 244 (D.D.C. 2003),

rev’d on other grounds

, 351 F.3d 1229 (D.C. Cir.)...............................................4

In re Vitamins Antitrust Litig.

, 2000 WL 1475705 (D.D.C.)..................................14

Interscope Records v. Does 1-25

, Case No. 6:04-cv-197-Orl-22DAB(M.D.Fla. April 1, 2004)......................................................................................13

K.C.P.L., Inc. v. Nash

, 1998 WL 823657 (S.D.N.Y 1998).....................................10

Kenvin v. Newburger, Loeb & Co.,

37 F.R.D. 473

(S.D.N.Y.1965).......................14

La Societe Metro Cash & Carry France v. Time Warner Cable,

2003 WL 22962857 (Conn. Super.).......................................................................6

Lois Sportswear, U.S.A., Inc. v. Levi Strauss & Co.

, 104 F.R.D. 103(S.D.N.Y. 1985)...................................................................................................16

McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Comm.

, 514 U.S. 334 (1995).........................................8

Melvin v. Doe

, 49 Pa.D.&C.4th 449 (2000),

appeal quashed

, 789 A.2d 696, 2001 Pa.Super. 330 (2001),

appeal reinstated

, 836 A.2d 42 (Pa. 2003)............................................................6

Miller v. Transamerican Press, Inc.

, 621 F.2d 721 (5

th

Cir. 1980)...........................5

Mink v. AAAA Development

, 190 F.3d 333 (5

th

Cir. 1999).....................................10

Movie Systems v. Abel

, 99 F.R.D. 129 (D. Minn. 1983)..........................................14

NAACP v. Alabama

, 357 U.S. 449 (1958).................................................................8

Nassau County Assoc. of Insurance Agents, Inc. v. Aetna Life & Casualty Co.

,497 F.2d 1151 (2d Cir. 1974)...............................................................................14

Nassau Cy. Ass’n of Ins. Agents v. Aetna Life & Cas. Co.

, 497 F.2d 1151(2d Cir. 1974).......................................................................................................15

Neogen Corp. v. Neo Gen Screening

, 282 F.3d 883 (6

th

Cir. 2002)........................10

Oklahoma Press Publ'g Co. v. Walling

, 327 U.S. 186 (1946)..................................8

Pergo v. Alloc

, 262 F.Supp.2d 122 (S.D.N.Y. 2003).................................12, 13, 14

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