Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 174.160.76.56

I. BACKGROUND

24 Plaintiff Strike 3 Holdings, LLC owns the copyrights for several adult motion pictures that 25 are associated with and distributed through various adult websites. Compl. ¶¶ 1–3 ECF No. 1. 26 Using a specialized infringement detection system it developed, Strike 3 discovered the IP address 27 of the Doe Defendant who allegedly infringed upon its copyrights. Id. ¶ 29. Specifically, the Complaint alleges that the Defendant used BitTorrent’s file network to illegally download and distribute about twenty-four (24) of Strike 3’s copyrighted material. Id. ¶¶ 29, 38; see also id., Ex. A. On January 25, 2023, Strike 3 filed the Complaint in this case, asserting one claim of direct copyright infringement and seeking an injunction and statutory damages. Id. at 7–8. II. LEGAL STANDARD A court may authorize early discovery before the Rule 26(f) conference for the parties’ and witnesses’ convenience and in the interests of justice. Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(d). Courts within the Ninth Circuit generally consider whether a plaintiff has shown “good cause.” See, e.g., IO Grp., Inc. v. Does 1–65, 2010 WL 4055667, at *2 (N.D.…