Yellowcake, Inc. v. Discos Aries LLC

Document and procedural posture

The supplied text is a letter motion—not a judicial opinion or order—from Verge Records International, Inc., doing business as ONErpm. ONErpm asks the court to hold a conference under Local Civil Rule 37.2 to address a discovery dispute with Yellowcake, Inc. The text does not state that the court held the conference, ruled on the requests, or entered any order.

Discovery dispute

ONErpm says Yellowcake's copyright-infringement claims concern hundreds of works and that Yellowcake has not produced documents supporting its claimed ownership. The requested materials include agreements supporting Yellowcake's rights, chain-of-title and source-ownership documents, records of money and royalties received since January 1, 2014, and documents concerning the relationship and communications between Yellowcake and Colonize Media.

ONErpm argues that the materials are relevant to whether Yellowcake owns the copyrights and therefore has the right to pursue its infringement claims. It also says the materials could address Colonize Media's licensing relationship with the Discos defendants and Yellowcake's knowledge of that relationship. ONErpm states that it offered alternatives, including summaries of royalty information and protective-order protections.

Yellowcake's responses and requested relief

As reproduced in the letter, Yellowcake said it would produce relevant agreements and ownership documents on a rolling basis in response to some requests. Yellowcake objected to other requests as vague, overly broad, unduly burdensome, commercially sensitive, or irrelevant. The letter says Yellowcake had not produced the documents ONErpm sought despite the parties' meet-and-confer efforts.

ONErpm asks Judge P. Kevin Castel to hold the requested discovery conference and require Yellowcake to produce nonprivileged, responsive documents. Because the supplied text contains no judicial ruling, there is no disposition to report.