Epidemic Sound, AB v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 EPIDEMIC SOUND, AB, Case No. 22-cv-04223-JSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE: DISCOVERY DISPUTE
v. JOINT LETTER AND
ADMINISTRATIVE MOTIONS
META PLATFORMS, INC., Re: Dkt. Nos. 170, 173, 174 Defendant.
12 In this copyright infringement action, Plaintiff alleges Defendant infringed 900 of its copyrighted songs. Pending before the Court is a discovery dispute joint letter regarding Plaintiff’s document request No. 27 for all data associated with Plaintiff’s “Rights Manager account.” (Dkt. No. 170.) Meta responded on February 27, 2023, that it would “produce non- privileged information dated on or after July 20, 2019 responsive [sic] associated with Epidemic’s Rights Manager account, subject to Epidemic’s consent, to the extent such documents exist and are identified by a reasonable, good-faith search.” (Dkt. No. 170-1 at 31.) Meta then amended its response on April 26, 2023 to eliminate the date in its response and instead represented: “Meta will…