Bryan Pringle v. William Adams Jr et al

Filing 161

DECLARATION of Tal Dickstein In Support of MOTION for Summary Judgment 159 filed by Defendants David Guetta, Frederick Riesterer, Shapiro Bernstein and Co. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 Exhibit C, # 4 Exhibit D, # 5 Exhibit E, # 6 Exhibit F, # 7 Exhibit G, # 8 Exhibit H, # 9 Exhibit I, # 10 Exhibit J, # 11 Exhibit K, # 12 Exhibit L, # 13 Exhibit M, # 14 Exhibit N, # 15 Exhibit O, # 16 Exhibit P, # 17 Exhibit Q)(Miller, Donald)

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Deposition of Bryan Pringle - August 24, 2011

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A.

Well, I mean, there's a lot

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of -- I hate to say cheesy, but a lot of

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people that remix in licensed versions of "I

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Gotta Feeling" lack creativity, and so there

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are large portions of the remixes where all

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they're playing is the (indicating) so, I

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mean, it's some of the versions are just so

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basic, the structure.

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know, 8-, 16-bar sequences with just the

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They have large, you

guitar twang version playing.

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Q.

And these are remixes that are

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done by people other than the Black Eyed

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Peas?

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A.

Both by the Black Eyed Peas

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and, from my understanding, people that were

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at beatportal, the remixes, and also people

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that license "I Gotta Feeling."

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I recall.

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wasn't hard to find.

That's what

There was a bunch of them.

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Q.

When did you buy these?

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A.

It

I --

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MR. DICKIE:

Objection, I think

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it's asked and answered but you can

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answer again.
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Deposition of Bryan Pringle - August 24, 2011

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contest entry form from beatportal.com.

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THE WITNESS:

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up, Dean?

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MR. DICKIE:

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Just answer the

question, please.
BY MS. CENAR:

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Can you look that

Q.

Mr. Pringle, did you obtain any

remix parts from my other source?

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Well, what was the original

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source?

I don't understand what you're

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saying.

Any other source of what?

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you trying to exclude?

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what you're saying.

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what?

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Q.

What are

I don't understand

Any other source of

You testified that you obtained

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remix parts from remixed versions of "I Gotta

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Feeling."

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MR. DICKIE:

Objection, it

misstates his testimony.
BY MS. CENAR:
Q.

Is that true or not?
THE WITNESS:

that again?

Could you repeat

I'm sorry.

(The reporter read back the
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Deposition of Bryan Pringle - August 24, 2011

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following portion of the preceding

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record.)

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"QUESTION:

You testified that

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you obtained remix parts from remixed

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versions of 'I Gotta Feeling.'"

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(End of readback.)

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A.
BY MS. CENAR:

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Yes.

Q.

What sources did you obtain

those from?

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A.

I believe I've already answered

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that.

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versions from DJ's.

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remix versions from Amazon.com and possibly

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other places, but I don't recall exactly at

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this time.

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I obtained some of the remixed

Q.

I also obtained some

Did you obtain any from any of

your friends?
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I don't have any friends.

I'm

just kidding.
No.

That's almost true.

No,

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my friends, they don't listen to dance music.

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I don't even listen to dance music anymore.

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I make rock now.

So, no.

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