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Declaration of David S. Olson in Support of 73 MOTION for Attorney Fees and Costs filed byCarol Loeb Shloss. (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 J# 10 Exhibit K# 11 Exhibit L# 12 Exhibit M# 13 Exhibit N# 14 Exhibit O# 15 Exhibit P# 16 Exhibit Q# 17 Exhibit R# 18 Exhibit S# 19 Exhibit T# 20 Exhibit U)(Related document(s) 73 ) (Olson, David) (Filed on 4/10/2007)
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CAROL LOEB SHLOSS,
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Plaintiff,
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SEAN SWEENEY, et al., Defendant.
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TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE HONORABLE JAMES WARE
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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A-P-P-E-A-R-A-N-C-E-S:
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For the Plaintiff:
Stanford Law School for Internet and Society
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By: ANTHONY T. FALZONE DAVID S. OLSON
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Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way
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Stanford, CA 94305-8610
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For the Defendants:
Jones Day By: MARIA K. NELSON
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ANNA E. RAIMER 555 South Flower Street
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5th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071
24 Court Reporter: 25 Georgina Galvan Colin License No. 10723
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GEORGINA GALVAN COLIN, CSR 10723
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San Jose, California
January 31,
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P-R-O-C-E-E-D-I-N-G-S
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Carol
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THE CLERK:
Calling case 06-03718,
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Loeb Shloss versus Sean Sweeney, et al, on for defendant's motion to dismiss. each side. Counsel, please step forward and state your appearances. MR. FALZONE: Professor Carol Shloss. MR. OLSON: Carol Shloss. MS. NELSON: Your Honor, Maria Nelson With me is my David Olson for Professor Anthony Falzone for Fifteen minutes
the estate of James Joyce.
Anna Raimer, and the defendant Sean Sweeney. MR. FALZONE: Your Honor, I have with
the plaintiff, Professor Carol Shloss. THE COURT: all; welcome. Very well, this is your motion, Ms. Nelson, to dismiss. Good morning. Good morning
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MS. NELSON: THE COURT:
That is correct, your Do you want to, you can
submit it on the papers or make an argument if wish.
GEORGINA GALVAN COLIN, CSR 10723
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MS. NELSON: argument, your Honor.
I'm happy to make an
First, I would like to clarify a few The Estate, despite the fact that
Joyce is not a party to the Estate, the Estate certainly takes this proceeding very seriously. And Mr. Joyce is not ignoring the proceeding. He does consider these proceedings to be binding on the Estate. The Estate is not covenanted to sue
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the materials that Ms. Shloss added to the after the initial complaint was filed. good reasons for that. There are
There was considerable
material that was added months after the
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proceedings were started, but that does not mean that there is a complaint on those materials waiting in the wings either from the Estate or Stephen Joyce. There is not. Neither the Estate its trustees, either one of them, have any intention of suing Ms. Shloss over those 2006 materials. The Estate did covenant not to sue on original materials that were presented to it in 2005. That was actually a very practical
That doesn't mean that the Estate considers those materials to be a fair use, it just means that
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don't consider them to be worth fighting over. the declaration of Anna Raimer makes very clear, the Estate's position is that the materials that Shloss added to the website in 2005 are only
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a very incremental difference over what was in book. THE COURT: Now, you started in the
middle and I appreciate with all this paper it's fair to start in the middle, but let me back up. MS. NELSON: THE COURT: Okay. Because I understand the
thrust of your argument, the Court should dismiss because there is no case or controversy because Estate or anyone who would speak on behalf of the Estate is willing to release and give a covenant not to sue to the plaintiff for the material she plans to publish, is that a correct MS. NELSON: THE COURT: MS. NELSON: Only partially. All right. At this point, your Honor,
the 14 15 16 which 17 statement? 18 19 20 21 22 23 that 24 25 make? MS. NELSON: The difference that that
backing up, there was an original complaint and then later on an amended complaint. THE COURT: So what difference does
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CERTIFICATE OF REPORTER
I, Georgina Galvan Colin, Court for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, 280 South First Street, San Jose, California, do hereby certify: That the foregoing transcript is a true and correct transcript of the proceeding had in Carol Loeb Shloss vs Sean Sweeney, et al., Number C-06-03718 JW, dated January 31, 2007,
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I reported the same in stenotype to the best of ability, and thereafter had the same transcribed computer-aided transcription as herein appears.
Dated:
(Certified hard copy to follow) ____________________________ GEORGINA GALVAN COLIN, CSR License Number 10723
GEORGINA GALVAN COLIN, CSR 10723 !SIG:45e4964c82921890649246!
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