AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS et al v. PUBLIC.RESOURCE.ORG, INC.

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REPLY in support of motion re #163 SEALED MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE DOCUMENT UNDER SEAL filed by PUBLIC.RESOURCE.ORG, INC. (This document is SEALED and only available to authorized persons.), #120 SEALED MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE DOCUMENT UNDER SEAL filed by PUBLIC.RESOURCE.ORG, INC. (This document is SEALED and only available to authorized persons.) filed by PUBLIC.RESOURCE.ORG, INC.. (Attachments: #1 [Redacted] Declaration of Matthew Becker, #2 [Redacted] Consolidated List of Exhibits, #3 [Redacted] Response to Supplemental Statement of Facts, #4 [Redacted] Response to Statement of Disputed Facts, #5 Supplemental Objections to Evidence, #6 Response to Evidentiary Objections, #7 Supplemental Request for Judicial Notice, #8 Supplemental Declaration of Carl Malamud, #9 Exhibit 1, #10 Exhibit 2, #11 Exhibit 3, #12 Exhibit 4, #13 Exhibit 5, #14 Exhibit 6, #15 Exhibit [Redacted] 7, #16 Exhibit 8, #17 Exhibit 9, #18 Exhibit [Redacted] 10, #19 Exhibit [Redacted] 11, #20 Exhibit 12, #21 Exhibit 13, #22 Exhibit 14, #23 Exhibit 15, #24 Exhibit 16, #25 Exhibit 17)(Bridges, Andrew) Modified text on 2/5/2016 (ztd).

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EXHIBIT 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - - AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR : Case No. TESTING AND MATERIALS d/b/a: 1:13-cv-01215-PSC-DAR ASTM INTERNATIONAL; : : NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION : ASSOCIATION, INC.; and : : AMERICAN SOCIETY OF : HEATING, REFRIGERATING, : AND AIR-CONDITIONING : ENGINEERS, INC. : Plaintiffs, : : vs. : : PUBLIC.RESOURCE.ORG, INC., : Defendant. : ___________________________: AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS. : ___________________________: Videotaped 30(b)(6) deposition of American Society for Testing & Materials, through DANIEL SMITH, held in the offices of Veritext Philadelphia, 1801 Market Street, Ten Penn Center, Suite 1800, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, commencing at 10:43 a.m., July 24, 2015, before Linda Rossi Rios, a Federally Approved RPR, CCR and Notary Public. PAGES 1 - 292 Page 1 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 giving your best testimony today? A. No. Q. Mr. Smith, what do you do for a living? A. I work for ASTM International. Q. And when you say you work for ASTM International, what do you mean? A. I'm the vice -MR. FEE: Objection. Vague. You can answer. THE WITNESS: I'm the vice president of technical committee operations. BY MR. BECKER: Q. And what is technical committee operations? A. It's a division within ASTM. Q. What does technical committee mean? A. Technical committees develop standards. Q. When you say "standards," what do you mean by that? A. Consensus standards. Q. By "consensus standards," what 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 technical committee? A. A group of experts that develop standards. Q. And who are those experts? A. Volunteers. Q. And are they only volunteers? MR. FEE: Objection. Vague. THE WITNESS: For the most part from my knowledge, they're all volunteers. BY MR. BECKER: Q. How does a technical committee go about developing standards as you say? A. They use our consensus process. Q. What is the consensus process? A. It's two levels of voting starting with the subcommittee and then the main committee. Q. What's the difference between a subcommittee and a main committee? A. A subcommittee is typically smaller with a more narrow interest. A main committee has broader interest. Q. So within a technical committee, then, there is -- is there just Page 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 do you mean by that? A. Documents. Q. Any documents? A. Specifications, test methods, practices, guides, classifications and terminology. Q. Does the term "standards" have any specific meaning to you? MR. FEE: Objection. Vague. THE WITNESS: I'm not sure what you mean by that. BY MR. BECKER: Q. Can you define what a standard is? A. Just what I said previously, it's a test method, a specification, a practice, a guide, classification or terminology. Q. And you say that the technical committees develop standards. How do -actually, let me back up. What is a technical committee? A. I'm not sure how to answer that. I'm not sure what you mean by that. Q. How would you define a Page 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 one main committee? A. A main committee is a technical committee. Q. And are there numerous subcommittees? A. Yes. Q. And how many subcommittees on average? A. It varies. Q. Could you give me a range by which it might vary? A. The best of my knowledge, maybe from 3 to 40, 50. Q. When you say there is a consensus process that involves voting in the subcommittee and then voting at the main committee level, can you elaborate on that process? MR. FEE: Objection. Vague. THE WITNESS: They vote on standards so the folks on that committee will vote on whether or not they agree or not agree with the content of the standard. BY MR. BECKER: Page 15 Page 17 5 (Pages 14 - 17) Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 document. 2 Q. Well, this is the listing of 3 standards that ASTM is asserting are 4 infringed by Public.Resource.Org. 5 - - 6 (Exhibit 1291, Certificates of 7 Copyright Registration, Bates 8 ASTM000001 - ASTM000168, was marked 9 for identification.) 10 - - 11 BY MR. BECKER: 12 Q. I'm handing you what has been 13 marked as Exhibit 1291. These are the documents produced as Bates number ASTM000001 14 15 to ASTM000168. Do you recognize this 16 document? 17 MR. FEE: Objection. 18 Mischaracterizes what has been marked 19 as 1291 as one document. 20 THE WITNESS: I think I saw an 21 example of one yesterday. 22 BY MR. BECKER: 23 Q. What is Exhibit 1291? 24 MR. FEE: Objection. Lack of 25 foundation. A. It was just in the materials along with other Bates numbered documents. Q. Do you recall which Certificate of Copyright Registration you viewed yesterday? A. No. Q. Was it only one Certificate of Copyright Registration that you looked at? A. I believe so. Q. Did you have any discussions with anyone in preparation for your deposition today concerning Certificates of Copyright Registration by ASTM? MR. FEE: You can answer it yes or no. THE WITNESS: Yes. BY MR. BECKER: Q. And who did you have these discussions with? A. I had a discussion with Kathe Hooper. Q. Anybody else? A. Other than the legal team, I don't think so. Q. I don't believe that Kathe Page 122 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 THE WITNESS: They look like they're examples of Certificates of Copyright Registration. BY MR. BECKER: Q. I will represent to you that Exhibit 1291 is all of the Certificates of Copyright Registration that ASTM has produced to Public.Resource in this action. You said you saw an example of one of these Certificates of Copyright Registration yesterday? A. Yes. Q. Was that in preparation for your deposition? A. Yes. Q. And in what context did you see an example of the Certificate of Copyright Registration? MR. FEE: Objection. Vague. THE WITNESS: I'm not sure what you mean by "context." BY MR. BECKER: Q. Were you shown an example of the Certificate of Copyright Registration by anybody? Page 124 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Hooper was one of the people that you listed as an individual that you spoke with in preparation for your deposition? A. Yeah, we -- I didn't -- we did not have a special meeting with her. Q. What did you discuss when you spoke with Kathe Hooper in preparation for your deposition today? A. We discussed why, when this form was filled out, why we had checked off the box yes to question 2a about "Was this contribution to the work a work made for hire." Q. And why is that, that box 2a was checked off on the copyright registrations? A. She said that the copyright office had told her to fill out the form that way. Q. Did she say why the copyright office told her to fill out the form that way? A. I don't believe so. Q. Was she the one who prepared the copyright registrations? Page 123 Page 125 32 (Pages 122 - 125) Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 A. I think she started back in 1984, I think she may have said. Q. Do you know who was filling out ASTM Certificate of Copyright Registration forms prior to Kathe Hooper? A. A name was mentioned yesterday, but I don't recall the name. Q. Was that individual Robert L. Meltzer? A. I recognize that name, but I don't know if Robert Meltzer was the one that was filling out this form. Q. Do you know who Robert Meltzer is? A. He was a former vice president of publications. Q. Did Kathe Hooper say what communications with the copyright office led to her decision to check box 2a of the copyright registrations? A. What led her to fill out this form that way? Q. Did she say what communications she had with the copyright office that led her to fill out the forms to check box 2a? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Q. Do you know what had been the discussion with the copyright office by Kathe Hooper's predecessor concerning checking box 2a? A. Do I know? MR. FEE: Objection. BY MR. BECKER: Q. Yeah. MR. FEE: Vague. THE WITNESS: I only know what Kathe Hooper told me. BY MR. BECKER: Q. And what precisely did Kathe Hooper tell you about that? MR. FEE: Objection. Asked and answered. THE WITNESS: That the copyright office had informed Kathe Hooper's predecessor to check box yes to the answer -- to the question on 2a. BY MR. BECKER: Q. Did Kathe Hooper tell you any information about what her predecessor had said to the copyright office that led to the copyright office telling her to check box 2a? Page 126 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 A. She had said that her predecessor had a conversation with the copyright office, and they had informed her that it should be filled out that way. Q. Do you know if Kathe Hooper had any interactions with the copyright office in which the copyright office told her to fill out the registrations by checking box 2a? A. I don't believe she did. Q. What is Kathe Hooper's role at ASTM? A. She assists the vice president of publications. Q. How long has Kathe Hooper held that role for at ASTM? A. I can't say for certain, but I think she said yesterday, since about 1984 she was in that role. Q. And currently the vice president of publications is John Pace. Correct? A. Correct. Q. Do you know how long John Pace has held that role for? A. It's been about 11 years. Page 128 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 A. No. My understanding is it was just a question on how to fill out the form. Q. Did ASTM ever have a lawyer review the applications for copyright registration? A. I don't know. Q. Do you have any knowledge about what information the copyright office had obtained from ASTM when it said to check box 2a? A. No. Q. If ASTM had provided different facts concerning the material that was being copyrighted, that might call for a different answer to whether box 2a should be checked on the copyright registration form. Correct? MR. FEE: Objection. Calls for speculation. Calls for a legal conclusion. Calls for expert testimony. You can answer if you know. THE WITNESS: I don't know. BY MR. BECKER: Q. Why is ASTM listed as the author under section 2a? Page 127 Page 129 33 (Pages 126 - 129) Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 A. I think the copyright office told us to fill out the form in that manner. Q. Did Kathe Hooper tell you that the copyright office said to fill out the copyright registration form by putting American Society for Testing and Materials under name of author, section 2a? A. Yes. Q. Did Kathe Hooper tell you anything else about listing ASTM under the name of author field in section 2a? A. No. Q. Are there any documents that reflect ASTM's communication with the copyright office concerning how to fill out section 2a of the forms for copyright registration? MR. FEE: Objection. Calls for speculation. This is beyond the scope. You can answer. THE WITNESS: Not that I'm aware of. BY MR. BECKER: Q. Are there any letters that reflect ASTM's communication with the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 concerning how to fill out section 2a of the forms for copyright registration? MR. FEE: Objection. Calls for speculation. Beyond the scope of his designation. You can answer. THE WITNESS: I don't know. Maybe the people that worked in our publications department at the time that that question was -- at the time that the copyright office had informed us. BY MR. BECKER: Q. Do you know who was the president of publications as of the time that ASTM communicated with the copyright office regarding how to fill out section 2a of the copyright registration forms? A. I believe it was Bob Meltzer, Robert Meltzer. Q. Do you know if Robert Meltzer is still alive? A. I don't know for sure. MR. FEE: Matt, is now a good time to take a break? MR. BECKER: We can in just a Page 130 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 copyright office concerning how to fill out section 2a of the forms for copyright registration? MR. FEE: Objection. Same objections as before, plus you just answered that question. You can answer it again. THE WITNESS: Not that I'm aware of. BY MR. BECKER: Q. Are there any internal memos that reflect ASTM's communication with the copyright office concerning how to fill out section 2a of the forms for copyright registration? MR. FEE: Objection. Calls for speculation. It's beyond the scope of his designation. You can answer if you know. THE WITNESS: Not that I'm aware of. BY MR. BECKER: Q. Who would know whether any documents exist that reflect ASTM's communications with the copyright office Page 132 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 moment. BY MR. BECKER: Q. Please turn to page ASTM000107 of Exhibit 1291. I will represent to you that this is the earliest copyright registration that ASTM has provided to Public.Resource in this action. Under section 2-1, in the section that says, "NAME OF AUTHOR," do you see that it lists "American Society for Testing and Materials," and then says, "Was this author's contribution to the work a 'work made for hire,'" and then checks the box yes? A. Yes. Q. And then on the next page, do you see that under the "CERTIFICATION" near the bottom of the page, it lists "Robert L. Meltzer," and then has his -- what appears to be his signature -A. Yes. Q. -- with a date of January 31, 1980? A. Yes. Q. Is it your belief that as of at least January 31, 1980, Kathe Hooper's Page 131 Page 133 34 (Pages 130 - 133) Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 predecessor had had a conversation with the copyright office in which they instructed her to check the box saying that the -- scratch that. Is it your understanding that as of at least January 31, 1980, someone at ASTM had had a conversation with someone from the copyright office in which that person from ASTM was instructed to check the box saying that the work was a "work made for hire," and listing the name "American Society for Testing and Materials" under the "NAME OF AUTHOR" field? MR. FEE: Objection to form. THE WITNESS: I'm not sure I understand the question. If you could rephrase it, I'm a little lost. BY MR. BECKER: Q. Sure. Is it your -- after looking at this document, page ASTM000107 to 108, is it your understanding that as of at least January 31, 1980, someone at ASTM had a conversation with someone from the copyright office in which that person from ASTM was instructed to check the box saying that the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Q. Mr. Smith, do you know which standards at issue in this litigation each copyright registration that ASTM has provided corresponds to? A. I'm not sure I get the question. Q. If you look at, we were just discussing ASTM000107 in Exhibit 1291, that's a standard, the title of the work is "1980 ANNUAL BOOK OF ASTM STANDARDS, Part 1:Steel-Piping, Tubing, Fittings." Is that correct? A. Correct. Q. Do you know how many standards are in the 1980 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Part 1:Steel-Piping, Tubing, Fittings? A. No. MR. FEE: Objection. Beyond the scope of his designation. THE WITNESS: No, I don't. MR. BECKER: I would disagree, I don't think this is beyond the scope of his designation. This has to do with the -- with copyright ownership Page 134 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 work was a "work made for hire," and listing the names "American Society for Testing and Materials" under the "NAME OF AUTHOR" field? MR. FEE: Objection. Form. Go ahead. THE WITNESS: Yeah, I believe that's right, I just don't know when that con -- I don't know when that conversation exactly was made. BY MR. BECKER: Q. But you believe it was as of at least January 31, 1980? A. I don't know. It could have been before that. I really don't know. MR. BECKER: All right. We can go off the record. VIDEOGRAPHER: The time is now 3:08. We're going off the video record. - - (A recess was taken.) - - VIDEOGRAPHER: The time is now 3:20. We're back on the video record. BY MR. BECKER: Page 136 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 and the chain of title. This is -MR. FEE: You just asked him how many chapters essentially there were in a book. MR. BECKER: Well, that's one of the questions I have, is related to this particular registration. It's a registration for a work. MR. FEE: We disagree for the record. BY MR. BECKER: Q. Are there multiple standards listed in the 1980 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Part 1:Steel-Piping, Tubing, Fittings? MR. FEE: Same objection. THE WITNESS: Yes. BY MR. BECKER: Q. How do you know that? A. Because it's our volume of standards and volumes contain more than one standard. Q. Is there a way to confirm -excuse me, scratch that. Do you know how to determine Page 135 Page 137 35 (Pages 134 - 137) Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Part 1:Steel-Piping, Tubing, Fittings? A. I don't know specifically if there would be -- you know, if it was called the same thing, a Part 1 or -- because sometimes we have to reshuffle our volumes depending -- as they get bigger, we have to manage the size of each volume. So I don't know if it was -- would have been called Part 1 or something else, but I also don't know if the same exact standards that were in there in 1979 are not necessarily in there in 1980. Q. Would ASTM A370 1977e2 have been published in an Annual Book of ASTM Standards prior to 1980? A. Most -- yeah, most likely, yep. Q. Do you know why ASTM has not provided Public.Resource with the copyright registrations for any such volumes prior to 1980? MR. FEE: Objection. Calls for speculation. Beyond the scope of his designation. THE WITNESS: I don't know. BY MR. BECKER: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 A. Yes. Nothing is technically significant. Q. Returning to ASTM000108, just below where it lists the information under "PREVIOUS REGISTRATION," it has a section that says, "COMPILATION OR DERIVATIVE WORK" which says, "PREEXISTING MATERIAL." And then below that it says, "1979 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Part 1." And then below that, "MATERIAL ADDED TO THIS WORK," it says, "Compilation of previously published text plus additional text." Do you know what that additional text is that was added to the 1979 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Part 1 to create the 1980 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Part 1? A. I don't know exactly what that text was, but it's -- my guess is that it means revisions to the standards that were included in the 1979 book that are also included in the 1980 book, but there are also revisions, and any new standards that were approved that were not in the 1979 book but made it to the 1980 book. Page 150 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Q. Why are some standards re-approved? MR. FEE: Objection. Beyond the scope of his designations. THE WITNESS: The technical committees make the decision as to whether or not they want to re-approve the standard through the consensus process. BY MR. BECKER: Q. And in what situations are standards re-approved? MR. FEE: Same objection. THE WITNESS: If the committees want -- it's up to the committees. So if there's -- if the committees are happy with the current state of the standard and they don't feel like there's any revisions that are necessary, then they can initiate a ballot for a re-approval. BY MR. BECKER: Q. And does that re-approval mean there are no changes from the previous version? Page 152 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Q. Is the basis of your previous statement that typically the next years' Annual Book of Standards includes standards that had been recently approved or changed in that past year? MR. FEE: Objection. Mischaracterizes his testimony. Vague and confusing. THE WITNESS: Can you restate that? BY MR. BECKER: Q. Yeah. Maybe I'll just ask you, what's the basis for your guess that the revisions to the standards that were included in the 1979 book are -- excuse me. What is the basis for your statement that your guess is that any revisions to the 1979 book of standards that resulted in the 1980 book of standards is attributable to new standards or revised standards within that past year? MR. FEE: Objection. Vague. Confusing. THE WITNESS: I'm not sure I completely understand what your Page 151 Page 153 39 (Pages 150 - 153) Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 IP Policy or assignments? 2 MR. BECKER: Object as to form. 3 THE WITNESS: There is 4 additional language. This document 5 identifies membership renewal Web 6 screenshots for different types of 7 members. So I identified page 2, and 8 then there's also additional language 9 on page ASTM001796 as well as 10 ASTM001798. And I believe that's it. 11 MR. FEE: I have no other 12 questions. 13 Do you have any other questions 14 or is he done? 15 MR. BECKER: No, no redirect. 16 MR. FEE: Great. Thank you. 17 THE WITNESS: Thanks. 18 VIDEOGRAPHER: The time is now 19 7:57. This concludes the videotape 20 deposition of Dan Smith. 21 - - 22 (Witness excused.) 23 - - 24 (Deposition concluded at 7:57 25 p.m.) 1 I declare under penalty of perjury 2 under the laws that the foregoing is 3 true and correct. 4 5 Executed on _________________ , 20___, 6 at _____________, ___________________________. 7 8 9 10 11 _____________________________ 12 DANIEL SMITH 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Page 290 1 2 3 Page 292 CERTIFICATE I do hereby certify that I am a Notary 4 Public in good standing, that the aforesaid testimony was taken before me, pursuant to 5 notice, at the time and place indicated; that said deponent was by me duly sworn to tell 6 the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth; that the testimony of said 7 deponent was correctly recorded in machine shorthand by me and thereafter transcribed 8 under my supervision with computer-aided transcription; that the deposition is a true 9 and correct record of the testimony given by the witness; and that I am neither of counsel 10 nor kin to any party in said action, nor interested in the outcome thereof. 11 WITNESS my hand and official seal this 12 7th day of August, 2015. 13 14 15 ____________________________ Notary Public 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Page 291 74 (Pages 290 - 292) Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127

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