13 May 2000
Source: Frankfurt, Garbus, Klein & Selz for 2600

See related reply brief: http://cryptome.org/mpaa-v-2600-rb.htm

See related files:

http://www.eff.org/pub/Intellectual_property/DVD/
http://eon.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/dvd/
http://cryptome.org/cryptout.htm#DVD-DeCSS

[2 pages]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

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UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS, INC.,            :
PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION, 
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIOS INC.,        : 00 Civ. 0277 (LAK)
TRISTAR PICTURES, INC., COLUMBIA 
PICTURES INDUSTRIES, INC.,               :
TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT CO., L.P., 
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. and             : AFFIDAVIT OF
TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION.         RICHARD J. MEISLIN
                                         :
           Plaintiffs,
                                         :
        -v-
                                         :
SEAN REIMERDES, ERIC CORLEY a/k/a
"EMMANUEL GOLDSTEIN" and ROMAN KAZAN,    :

           Defendants.                   :

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STATE OF NEW YORK    )
                     :  ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK   )

        RICHARD J. MEISLIN, being duly sworn, deposes and says:

        1. I am editor in chief of New York Times Digital, which 

produces The New York Times on the Web (the "Web site").

        2. Attached hereto is a true and correct copy of an article 

that first appeared on April 28, 2000, and continues to be posted at 

http://wWw.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/04/cyber/cyberlaw/28law.html.

It is entitled "First Amendment Lawyer Takes on Movie Studios in 

DVD Case" and is by Carl S. Kaplan.

        3. The article appeared only on the Web site and not in 

the print version of The New York Times. It included six

hyperlinks to other Web sites related to the subject matter of the 

article. Clicking on those hyperlinks in the body of the article 

causes viewers to be sent to the bottom of the article. There 

they find a list of all of the hyperlinks in the article under 

this statement: "These sites are not part of The New York Times 

on the Web and The Times has no control over their content or 

availability." Only upon clicking one of the hyperlinks at the 

bottom of the article may interested readers access these other 

Web sites.

        4. The ability to refer readers to other Web sites that 

relate to a particular article is an integral part of the practice 

of journalism on the Web. The attached article, including its 

hyperlinks, is in our view sound and appropriate journalism.


                                [Signature]
                                __________________________
                                     RICHARD J. MEISLIN



Sworn to before me this
10th day of May, 2000

[Initials]
__________________________
     Notary Public

ADAM LIPTAK
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 02LI5040107
Qualified in New York County
Commission Expires March 6, 2001

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