IN RE NAPSTER, INC. COPYRIGHT LITIGATION

No. MDL 00-1369MHP, No. C 99-5183MHP.

191 F.Supp.2d 1087 (2002)

In re NAPSTER, INC. COPYRIGHT LITIGATION.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

February 22, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurence F. Pulgram, Fenwick & West LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Napster, Inc.

Russell J. Frackman, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, Los Angeles, CA, Jacques M. Rimokh, Loeb & Loeb LLP, New York, NY, Matthew J. Oppenheim, Washington, DC, Stanley Pierre-Louis, Washington, DC, for A & M Records.

Howard E. King, King, Purtich, Holmes, Paterno & Berliner, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Metallica, Andre Young.

Albert H. Meyerhoff, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Reed R. Kathrein, Jason T. Baker, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP, San Francisco, CA, Hannah Bentley, Internet Lawyers Group, San Francisco, CA, for Casanova Records.

Matthew Katz, Malibu, CA, pro se.

Sam Birenbaum, Malibu, CA, for Matthew Katz.

Jeffrey G. Knowles, Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass, LLP, San Francisco, CA, Aidan Synnott, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, New York, NY, Jacques M. Rimokh, Loeb & Loeb LLP, New York, NY, Stanley Pierre-Louis, Washington, DC, for Jerry Leiber.

Jeffrey G. Knowles, Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass, LLP, San Francisco, CA, Aidan Synnott, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, New York, NY, for Mike Stoller, Frank Music Corp.

Stephen D. Rothschild, King, Purtich, Holmes, Paterno & Berliner, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for E/M Ventures, Creeping Death Music, Aftermath Entertainment.

Kevin T. Baine, Thomas G. Hentoff, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, Matthew J. Oppenheim, Washington, DC, for Atlantic Recording Corp., Elektra Entertainment Group Inc., Sire Records Group, Inc., Warner Bros. Records Inc.

Matthew J. Oppenheim, Washington, DC, for Geffen Records, Inc., Interscope Records, Sony Music Entertainment, Inc., MCA Records, Inc., Island Records, Inc., Motown Record Co. L.P., Capitol Records, Inc., Universal Records, Inc., Polygram Records, Inc.

Barry I. Slotnick, Loeb & Loeb LLP, New York, NY, Matthew J. Oppenheim, Washington, DC, for BMG Music, Arista Records, Inc., Virgin Records America Inc.

David Henry Dolkas, Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, Palo Alto, CA, for EMUSIC.COM Inc.

Christopher Tayback, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences.

Alan Wilken, Thu M. Nguyen, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Platinum Entertainment, Inc., Comptown Records, Inc., Estate of Eric Wright.

David A. Stall, Law Offices of David A. Stall, Irvine, CA, for Fonovisa, Inc.

David W. Quinto, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Daryl M. Crone, Redwood Shores, CA, for Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Ian K. Boyd, Harvey Siskind Jacobs LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Razor & Tie Direct, LLC, Razor & Tie Entertainment, LLC.

Ellen Papadakis, Thelen Reid & Priest LLP, San Francisco, CA, Michael S. Elkin, Thelen, Reid & Priest, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Rawkus Entertainment, LLC.

Charles E. Tillage, Joseph W. Cotchett, Jr., Cotchett Pitre & Simon, Burlingame, CA, Stephen A. Wieder, Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman, New York, NY, Laurence F. Pulgram, Fenwick & West LLP, San Francisco, CA, David Boies, Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP, Armonk, NY, Steven M. Cohen, Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman, LLP, New York, NY, Rebecca P. Dick, Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP, Washington, DC, Roy T. Englert, Jr., Alan E. Untereiner, Lawrence S. Robbins, Donald Russell, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner, LLP, Washington, DC, Celia Goldwag Barenholtz, Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman, LLP, New York, NY, for Napster, Inc.

Edwin F. McPherson, McPherson & Kalmansohn, Los Angeles, CA, for Fred Drust.

Christopher J. Hunt, Bartko Zankel Tarrant & Miller, San Francisco, CA, for John Fanning.

Robert L. Eisenbach, III, Cooley Godward LLP, San Francisco, CA, Michael H. Page, Keker & Van Nest LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Hummer Winblad.

Joseph W. Cotchett, Cotchett Pitre & Simon, Burlingame, CA, for Hank Barry.

Timothy S. Teter, Cooley Godward LLP, Palo Alto, CA, for Bob Bozeman.

Ethan P. Schulman, Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabin, San Francisco, CA, for Yosi Amram.

Annette L. Hurst, Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabin, San Francisco, CA, for Shawn Fanning.

Jay Rosenthal, Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, LLP, Washington, DC, for Recording Artists Coalition.

Neil Boorstyn, McCutchen Doyle Brown & Enersen, LLP, San Francisco, CA, pro se.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

PATEL, Chief Judge.

The recording industry plaintiffs move for summary judgment against defendant Napster, Inc. ("Napster") for willful contributory and vicarious copyright infringement. In response, Napster requests that pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(f) the court stay any decision on the merits to allow for additional discovery. Napster's 56(f) motion asks the court to determine whether additional discovery is...

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