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MEMORANDUM OF FACT AND LAW OF THE TIDRD PARTY RESPONDE VIDEOTRONL TtE
PART I FA CTS ,... ",.., ,...... , , 2
PARTn POINTSIN ISSUE 3
PART III SUBMISSIONS 4
PART IV ORDER REQUESTED ; 5
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BETWEEN:
BMG CANADA INC., EMI MUSIC CANADA, A DIVISION OF EM! GROUP CANADA INC., SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (CANADA) INC., UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA INC., WARNER MUSIC CANADA LTD., BMG MUSIC, ARISTA RECORDS INC., ZOMBA RECORDING CORPORATION, EMI l\JUSIC SWEDEN AD, CAPITOL RECORDS INC., CHRYSALIS RECORDS LIMITED, VIRGIN RECORDS LIMITED, SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT INC., SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (UK) INC., UMG RECORDINGS INC., MERCURY RECORDS LIMITED AND WEA INTERNATIONAL INC.
Appellants (plaintiffs) ~and- JOHN DOE, JANE DOE ET AL.
(Defendan ts) -and... SHAW COMMUNICATIONS INC., ROGER CABLE COMMUNICATIONS INC., BELL CANADA, TELUS COMMUNICATIONS INC., AND VIDEOTRON L TEE
Respondents (Third Party Respondents) -and- CANADIAN INTERNET POLICY AND PUBLIC INTEREST CLINIC
Intervener
MEMORANDUM OF FACT AND LAW, OF THE, THIRD PARTY RESPONDENT VIDEOTRON L TEE
i::'\/\ <:'>~ :«,;; /r, ' " .' ,'" 1. On February 11, 2004, third party RespondentVideotron Ltee was servedwith the MOtiOn KecorO or AppellantS DY WIDcn suen AppellantS were asKIng me J: 2. Schedule"An attachedto Appellants' Notice of Motion, containedin Appellants' Motion Record,mentioned Peer-to-Peer Network Pseudonyms;IP addresses,and the date and time such IP addresses.were allegedly used by two (2) subscribersof third party RespondentVideotron Ltee. 3. With the infonnation provided by Appellants, third party RespondentVideotron Ltee was and is able to identify the subscriberswho used such IP addressesat the date andtime mentionedin Appellants' ScheduleHA", 4. By letter dated February 17, 2004, the solicitor for third party Respondent Videotron Ltee confirmed to the solicitors for Appellants that third party Respondent Videotron Ltee would not opposethe granting of the order that was the object of the Motion Recordof Appel1ants. Correspondencedated February 17,2004; A.B., Vol. X, tab. 31.,p. 2807 -Points ~- in- issue-~ PART II - POINTS IN ISSUE s. The issue to be determined on this appealon which thi~d party Respondent VideotronLtee wishesto makesubmissions is the fol1owing: a) The motionsjudge erredin construingand applying the CopyrightAct. * . * 4 Submissions PART ill - SUBMISSIONS 6. Third party RespondentVideotron Ltee agreeswith the submissionsmade by Appellantsunder the heading Hiii. The motionsjudge. erred in construing and applying the CopyrightAct", paragraphs57 to 76, pages19 to 26 of Appellants' Memorandumof Fact and Law. Third party RespondentVideotron Ltee adoptsthose submissionsas its own and incorporatesthem herein by reference so as to form part of the present Memorandumof Fact and Law. 7. Third party RespondentVideotron Ltee agreesto protect its clients' privacy. Thirdparty Respondent Videotron Ltee does not agreeto protectits clients'piracy. 8. In light of the evidenceprovided to it, and the applicablelaw and the submissions 'above, third party RespondentVideotron Ltee supportsAppellants in their Notice of Motion on the copyright issuesnoted above. * lie " , , :;~:,,/;:;/,~,!,~,,\;:\'(j,~')):,:':/,;C~;;': ~ 5 PART IV - ORDER REQUESTED 9. Third party RespondentVideotron Ltee hereby confirms that it is able to comply with the order requested by Appellants and described on page 29 of Appellants' Memorandumof Fact and Law. The whole respectfullysubmitted Montreal,August 5,2004 (S'\ .T. Sli'.RGF. SASSF.VTI.LE ...... - __u.n- J. "~gt: i:)CCS::tt:VlJlt: Videotron Ltee 300 Viger Avenue East 6thFloor Montreal, (Quebec) H2X3W4 c/o Mtre. SergeSasseville Tel.: (514) 380-1908 Fax: (514) 985-8834 Solicitors for Third party Respondent Videotron Ltee ", '\/,':,)r ~ ;\' , ',::,;~,,~~;:;);:;??::\,:'\Y':\~;:';~~/:~;::'/(!/,k}(:~;(:!~:(Ye~~i;':,'~;;~';,~~,::,';:;.):}::":(."'" :: '::, ',:;:,