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WASSE~lAN, COMDEN), CASSELMAN& PEARSON,L.L.P.
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DECLARA nON OF RODERICK G. DORMAN IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT SHARMAN NETWORKS LIMITED'S EX PARTE APPLICATION
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Date: SubmittedFebruary6, 2004 Ctnn: The Hon. Patrick J. Walsh Plaintiffs,
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, Roderick G. Donnan, declareas follows:
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am an attorneyfor DefendantSharmanNetworksLimited ("Sharman in this action. The facts recitedbelow are known by me personally. If called upon to
testify , could and would competentlytestify thereto.
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At approximately2:20 p.rn.on Thursday,February5, 2004,I receiveda
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telephone conversation from my client in Australia, and was advised that the Record
CompanyPlaintiffs in this action had instituteda new action in Australia and had receivedthis call, all business recordsand personalinformation residingon the Morle's home,Kevin Bermeister'shome,and the office of Brilliant Digital
Entertainment, were being seized.
8 beenissueda SeizureOrder by the Court in New SouthWales,Australia. At the time
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10 computerslocatedat the premises Shannan, of LEF, Nicola Hemming's home,Phil
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learnedduring this telephone that the SeizureOrder includeda 23call I pageorder requiring the productionof documents and information, which, if 14
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to documents, fmancial and 16 I an action in Austra1i~to gain access software,business
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documents which this Court haseither ruled neednot be produced, hashighly or regulatedthe ~ner of production,suchaswith its SoftwareProtectiveOrder.
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Believing that the Plaintiffs had initiated this actionto materially
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work with our clie9ts in preparationfor the commencement the February16 of 22 Idepositions, and to "end run ~, this Court's carefully-crafteddiscoveryorders, called GeorgeM. Borkowski at the flfffi of Mitchell, Silberberg& Knupp, L.L.P., attorneys for the RecordCompanyPlaintiffs (other than the Time WarnerRecordCompany Plaintiffs), who ascertained knowledgeand complicity of the Plaintiffs andtheir the counselin this action with the activities then occurringin Australia. 5 The conversation with Mr. Borkowski occurredmid-afternoonon askedMr. Borkowski whetherhe wasawareof what was
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occurred. I expressed incredulity that his clients would take theseactionswith my counsel'sknowledge,and I wastold that "they decidedthat this courseof action was
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I declareunderpenaltyof perjury underthe laws of the Stateof California and the United Statesthat the foregoingis true and correct,and that this Declarationis executed Thursday,February5, 2004, in Los Angeles,California. on
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I am employedin the County of Los Angeles,Stateof California. I am over the ageof 18 yearsand not a party to the within action; my business address 601 SouthFigueroaStreet,Suite is 3300,Los Angeles.California 90017. On February6. 2004. I servedthe foregoing documentdescribed DECLARATION OF as RODERICK G. DORMAN IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT SHARMAN NETWORKS LIMITED'S EX PARTE APPLICATION on the interestedpartiesin this action bye-mail and by placing the true copy thereofenclosedin sealedenvelopes addressed follows: as
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By electronictransmission.I caused be transmittedthe documents to described aboveto the individuals on the servicelist. By placing the documentlisted abovein a sealed envelopewith postage thereon fully prepaid,in the United Statesmail at Los Angeles,California addressed set as forth below.
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I caused suchenvelopewith postage thereonfully prepaidto be placedin the United States mail at Los Angeles,California. I am readily familiar with the firm's practiceof collection and processing con'espondence mailing. Under that practiceit would be deposited for with U.S. postal 17 serviceon that sameday with postage thereonfully prepaidat Los Angeles,California in the ordinarycourseof business.I am awarethat on motion of the party served,serviceis presumed 18 invalid if postalcancellationdateor postage meterdateis morethan one day after dateof depositfor mailing in affidavit. 19 I declarethat I am employedin the office of a memberof this bar of this court at whose 20 direction the servicewas made. 21 Executedon February6, 2004 at Los Angeles,California. 22 16
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MGM, et al. v. GROKSTER,U.s.D.C. No. CV 01-8541SVW (PJWx) 2 3
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GeorgeM. Borkowski . Mitchell Silberberg& Knupp LLP 4 11377West Olympic Boulevard Los Angeles,CA 90064 5 Telephone:310/312-2000 6 Facsimile:310/312-3100
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Matthew J. Oppenheimmoppenheim@riaa.com Dean Garfield Recording Industry Association of America, Inc 1330 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 300 Washington, DC 20036 Telephone: 202/775~101 Facsimile: 202/775-7253
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RobertJ. Shaughnessybshaugi1nessy@wc.com 10 Williams & Connolly LLP 1 725 Twelfth Street,N.W. Washington,DC 2(xx)5 12 Telephone: 202/434-5000 Facsimile:202/434-5029
JanB. Norman-janbnorman@aol.com Gregory P. Goeckner Mark D. Litvack-mark_litvack@mpaa.org 15503VenturaBoulevard Encino, CA 91436-3103 Telephone:818/995-6600 x.250 Facsimile:818/382-1797
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iStevenB. Fabrizio':: sfabriiio@ jenner~com Jenner& Block, LLC 15 601 ThirteenthStreet,NW Suite 1200South Washington,DC 25 16 Telephone: 202/639-6040 17 Facsimile:202/661-4823
Robert M. Schwartz-rschwartz@omm.com Marvin Putnam-mputnam@omm.com O'Melveny & Myers, LLP 1999Avenueof the Stars,Suite 700 Los Angeles,CA 90067-6035 Telephone:310/553-6700 Facsimile:310/246-6779
'Charles S. Baker -cbaker@munscb:com
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer& Feld LLP 300 W. Sixth Street,Suite 2100 Austin, TX 78701 Telephone:512/449-6200 Facsimile:512/499-6290
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John M. Benassi Colbem C. Stuart,m Paul, Hastings,Janofsky& Walker LLP 12390EI Camino Real SanDiego, CA 92130 Telephone:858m0-2850 Facsimile:858/720-2555
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Jeffrey F. Gersh ZimrnennanRosenfeldGersh& Leeds 9107 Wilshire Boulevard,Suite 300 Beverly Hills, California 90210 Telephone:310/278-7560 Facsimile:310/273-5602 LEIBER, et aI. v. GROKSTER,LTD., et aL, U.s.D.C. No. CV 01-9923SVW (PJWx) -aj~--as-@ dwt.com-Kelli L. Sager-kellisager@dwi.com Davis Wright TremaineLLP 865 S. FigueroaStreet,Suite 2400 Los Angeles,CA 90017-2566 Telephone:213/633-6800 Facsimile:213/633-6899
CareyR. Ramos-cramos@paulweiss.com TheodoreK. Cheng 11 Paul.Weiss,Rifkind, Wharton& GaIrisonLLP 12 1285Avenueof the Americas New York, NY 10019-6064 Telephone:212/373-3000 13 Facsimile:2121757-3990 14 ~chael H. Page -mhp@kvn.cOD1 15 Mark A. Lemley 16 StaceyL. Wexler
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