1 Cindy A. Cohn, Esq. (State Bar No.

145997)
ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION
2 454 Shotwell Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
3 Telephone: (415) 436-9333 x108
Facsimile: (415) 436-9993
4

5 Attorneys for Amici Curiae

ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION,
6 PUBLIC CITIZEN LITIGATION GROUP and
THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
7

8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

9 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10

11 PRIORITY RECORDS LLC, et al., ) Case No. C-04-1136 WDB

)
12 Plaintiffs, ) REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE IN
) SUPPORT OF AMICI CONCERNING
13 )
v. MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE
)
14 ) REQUEST FOR LEAVE TO TAKE
DOES 1 - 8, IMMEDIATE DISCOVERY PURSUANT
)
15 ) TO LOCAL RULE 7-10(B)
Defendants. )
16 )
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18 Pursuant to Fed. R. Evid. 201, Amici Curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation, Public Citizen

19 Litigation Group and the American Civil Liberties Union hereby request that the Court take

20 Judicial Notice of the following documents in support of their Motion for Leave to File Brief

21 Amicus Curiae, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits

22 Exhibit 1: Order in BMG Music, et al. v. Does 1-203, U.S. District Court, Eastern District

23 of Pennsylvania, Civil Action No. 04-650, March 5, 2004.

24 Exhibit 2: Report and Recommendation in Interscope Records, et al. v. Does 1-25, U.S.

25 District Court, Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division, Case No. 6:04-cv-197-Orl-22DAB,

26 April 1, 2004.

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 1 Exhibit 3: Reasons for Order and Order in BMG Canada Inc.¸ et al. v. John Doe, et al.,

2 The Honourable Mr. Justice von Finckenstein, Citation 2004 FC 488, Docket T-292-04, Ottawa,

3 Ontario, March 31, 2004. The Federal Court of Canada website offers this decision as well at

4 <http://www.fct-cf.gc.ca/bulletins/whatsnew/T-292-04.pdf>.

5 DATED: April 2, 2004

6 By
Cindy A. Cohn, Esq. (SBN.145997)
7 ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION
454 Shotwell Street
8 San Francisco, CA 94110
Telephone: (415) 436-9333 x108
9 Facsimile: (415) 436-9993
10 Attorneys for Amicus Curiae
ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION
11
Paul Alan Levy
12 Charlotte Garden
PUBLIC CITIZEN LITIGATION GROUP
13 1600 - 20th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009
14 Telephone: (202) 588-1000
15 Attorneys for Amicus Curiae
PUBLIC CITIZEN LITIGATION GROUP
16
Christopher A. Hansen
17 Aden J. Fine
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
18 18th floor
125 Broad Street
19 New York, New York 100004
Telephone: (212) 549-2500
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Attorneys for Amicus Curiae
21 AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
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