5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 24 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Arista Records LLC v. John Does 1-19.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arista Records LLC v. John Does 1-19 Anchor | green | “not surprisingly, courts have routinely held that a defendant's first amendment privacy interests are exceedingly small where the 'speech' is the alleged infringement of copyrights.” | 7 |
| 2 | London-Sire Records, Inc. v. Doe 1 | green | “even taking all of the facts in affidavit as true, it is possible that the court properly has personal jurisdiction.” | 6 |
| 3 | Sony Music Entertainment Inc. v. Does 1-40 | green | “efendants' first amendment right to remain anonymous must give way to plaintiffs' right to use the judicial process to pursue what appear to be meritorious copyright infringement claims.” | 5 |
| 4 | GTE New Media Services Inc. v. BellSouth Corp. | green | “... as the record now stands, there is absolutely no merit to plaintiffl's bold claim that the parent companies and subsidiaries involved in this lawsuit should be treated identically. jurisdictional discovery will help to sort out these matters.” | 3 |
| 5 | Arista Records LLC v. John Does 1-19 | green | “first amendment privacy interests are exceedingly small where the 'speech' is the alleged infringement of copyrights.” | 3 |
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