In Re: Digital Music Antitrust LitigationMOTION to Dismiss The Second Consolidated Amended Complaint And To Strike Portions of the Second Consolidated Amended Complaint. DocumentS.D.N.Y.July 30, 2007UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------------- x ) IN RE: DIGITAL MUSIC ) MDL Docket No. 1780 (LAP) ANTITRUST LITIGATION ) ) -------------------------------------------------------------- x NOTICE OF MOTION TO DISMISS THE SECOND CONSOLIDATED AMENDED COMPLAINT AND TO STRIKE PORTIONS OF THE SECOND CONSOLIDATED AMENDED COMPLAINT PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT, upon the annexed Declaration of Helena Almeida, dated July 30, 2007, the exhibits attached thereto, and the accompanying memoranda of law dated July 30, 2007, defendants Bertelsmann, Inc., SONY BMG Music Entertainment, Sony Corporation of America, Capitol Records, Inc. dba EMI Music North America, EMI Group North America, Inc., Capitol-EMI Music, Inc., Virgin Records America, Inc., Time Warner Inc., UMG Recordings, Inc. and Warner Music Group Corporation1 hereby move this Court for an order (i) dismissing the Second Consolidated Amended Complaint in its entirety and with prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) and, in the alternative, (ii) striking portions of the Second Consolidated Amended Complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(f). DATED: July 30, 2007 Respectfully submitted, By /s/ Richard M. Steuer Richard M. Steuer Matthew S. Carrico MAYER, BROWN, ROWE & MAW LLP 1 All defendants join in the Joint Memorandum of Law in support of defendants’ Motion to Dismiss and to Strike Portions of Plaintiffs’ Second Consolidated Amended Complaint. Defendants Sony Corporation of America, Bertelsmann, Inc. and Time Warner Inc. also submit separate memoranda of law to address issues unique to those entities. 2 1675 Broadway New York, New York 10019 (212) 506-2500 Attorneys for Defendants Capitol Records, Inc. dba EMI Music North America, EMI Group North America, Inc., Capitol-EMI Music, Inc., and Virgin Records America, Inc. By /s/ Joseph Kattan Scott A. Edelman GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 2029 Century Park East Los Angeles, California 90067-3026 (310) 552-8500 Joseph Kattan, PC Georgia K. Winston GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 1050 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington, District of Columbia 20036-5306 (202) 955-8500 Attorneys for Defendants SONY BMG Music Entertainment and Sony Corporation Of America By /s/ Peter T. Barbur Peter T. Barbur Rachel G. Skaistis Diane M. Macina CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE LLP Worldwide Plaza 825 Eighth Avenue New York, New York 10019 (212) 474-1000 Attorneys for Defendant Time Warner Inc. By /s/ Glenn D. Pomerantz Glenn D. Pomerantz Kelly M. Klaus Joshua P. Groban MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP 355 South Grand Avenue, 35th Floor Los Angeles, California 90071-1560 (213) 683-9100 Attorneys for Defendant UMG Recordings, Inc. 3 By /s/ Kenneth R. Logan Kenneth R. Logan Helena Almeida SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP 425 Lexington Ave. New York, New York 10017-3954 (212) 455-2000 Attorneys for Defendant Warner Music Group Corp. By /s/ Alan M. Wiseman Alan M. Wiseman Mark C. Schechter Thomas Isaacson HOWREY LLP 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004-2402 (202) 783-0800 Attorneys for Defendant Bertelsmann, Inc.