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 1 Complaint alleges that the Defendant used BitTorrent’s file network to illegally download and 2 distribute about twenty-four (24) of Strike 3’s copyrighted material. Id. ¶¶ 29, 38; see also id., Ex. 3 A. 4 On January 25, 2023, Strike 3 filed the Complaint in this case, asserting one claim of direct 5 copyright infringement and seeking an injunction and statutory damages. Id. at 7–8. 6 II. LEGAL STANDARD 7 A court may authorize early discovery before the Rule 26(f) conference for the parties’ and 8 witnesses’ convenience and in the interests of justice. Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(d). Courts within the 9 Ninth Circuit generally consider whether a plaintiff has shown “good cause.” See, e.g., IO Grp., 10 Inc. v. Does 1–65, 2010 WL 4055667, at *2 (N.D.…