Disney Enterprises, Inc. et al v. Hotfile Corp. et al

Filing 450

RESPONSE in Opposition re 371 MOTION to Strike Defendants' Motion and Memorandum of Law to Strike the Declaration of Jennifer V. Yeh Filed in Support of Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendant Anton Titov's Motion for Summary Judgment and to Defendant Hotfile Corp. >PLAINTIFFS' MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS HOTFILE CORPORATION AND ANTON TITOV'S SECOND MOTION TO STRIKE THE DECLARATION OF JENNIFER V. YEH (PUBLIC REDACTED VERSION)< filed by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Disney Enterprises, Inc., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Universal City Studios Productions LLLP, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Affidavit Declaration of Jennifer V. Yeh in Support of Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Second Motion to Strike the Declaration of Jennifer V. Yeh (Public Redacted Version), # 2 Exhibit A to Declaration of J. Yeh, # 3 Exhibit B to Declaration of J. Yeh, # 4 Exhibit C to Declaration of J. Yeh, # 5 Exhibit D to Declaration of J. Yeh, # 6 Exhibit E to declaration of J. Yeh, # 7 Exhibit F to Declaration of J. Yeh, # 8 Exhibit G to Declaration of J. Yeh, # 9 Exhibit H to Declaration of J. Yeh, # 10 Exhibit I to Declaration of J. Yeh, # 11 Exhibit J to Declaration of J. Yeh, # 12 Exhibit K to Declaration of J. Yeh, # 13 Exhibit L to Declaration of J. Yeh)(Stetson, Karen)

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EXHIBIT A UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC., TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION, UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS PRODUCTIONS LLLP, COLUMBIA PICTURES INDUSTRIES, INC., and WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC., vs. Plaintiffs, CASE NO. 11-20427-WILLIAMS-TURNOFF HOTFILE CORP., ANTON TITOV, and DOES 1-10, Defendants. __________________________ AND RELATED CROSS-ACTION. _______________________________________________________ HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF LANCE R. GRIFFIN, ESQUIRE PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE 30(b)(6) Los Angeles, California Thursday, December 22, 2011 Reported by: LORI SCINTA, RPR CSR No. 4811 Job No. 178940 LANCE R. GRIFFIN, ESQ. HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 1 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 12/22/2011 DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC., TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION, UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS PRODUCTIONS LLLP, COLUMBIA PICTURES INDUSTRIES, INC., and WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC., vs. Plaintiffs, CASE NO. 11-20427-WILLIAMS-TURNOFF HOTFILE CORP., ANTON TITOV, and DOES 1-10, Defendants. __________________________ AND RELATED CROSS-ACTION. ______________________________________________________ HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER Videotaped deposition of LANCE R. GRIFFIN, ESQUIRE, pursuant to Federal Rule 30(b)(6), taken on behalf of Defendants and Counterclaimant Hotfile Corp., at 633 West Fifth Street, Suite 3600, Los Angeles, California, beginning at 9:47 A.M. and ending at 4:49 P.M. on Thursday, December 22, 2011, before LORI SCINTA, RPR, Certified Shorthand Reporter No. 4811. 24 25 2 LANCE R. GRIFFIN, ESQ. HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER 1 APPEARANCES: 3 12/22/2011 For Plaintiffs: 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 JENNER & BLOCK LLP BY: STEVEN B. FABRIZIO Attorney at Law 1099 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 900 Washington, D.C. 20001-4412 202.639.6000 Email: sfabrizio@jenner.com -- and -THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY BY: GORDON GOLDSMITH Attorney at Law 500 South Buena Vista Street Burbank, California 91521-0641 818.560.7893 For Defendants and Counterclaimant Hotfile Corp.: FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL LLP BY: ANTHONY SCHOENBERG Attorney at Law 235 Montgomery Street San Francisco, California 94104 415.954.4400 Email: tschoenberg@fbm.com Videographer: VONYARN MASON SARNOFF COURT REPORTERS 20 Corporate Park, Suite 350 Irvine, California 92606 877.955.3855 3 LANCE R. GRIFFIN, ESQ. HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER 12/22/2011 BY MR. SCHOENBERG: 10:17 1 10:17 2 10:17 3 notice and takedown program at Walt Disney Company, 10:18 4 correct? 10:18 5 A Yes. 10:18 6 Q Can you describe that program to me. 10:18 7 10:18 8 responsibilities and supervising? 10:18 9 MR. SCHOENBERG: 10:18 10 10:18 11 10:18 12 THE WITNESS: 10:18 13 It involves the finding and verification of 10:18 14 content and sending notices on that content. 10:18 15 BY MR. SCHOENBERG: 10:18 16 Q And when you say "notices," what do you mean? 10:18 17 A It could vary from a cease-and-desist letter, a 10:18 18 10:18 19 10:18 20 10:18 21 A Yes. 10:19 22 Q And when you say "verification of content," 10:19 23 10:19 24 MR. FABRIZIO: 10:19 25 THE WITNESS: Q So you said that you -- you supervised the MR. FABRIZIO: MR. FABRIZIO: The program or his -- his job The program itself. Mr. Griffin, you can describe it at a high level. Okay. DMCA notice or a notice under local law. Q And when you say "DMCA," are you referring to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act? what content are you referring to? Objection. Vague. As I explained before, it 28 LANCE R. GRIFFIN, ESQ. HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER Q 12/22/2011 And with respect to Hotfile, are there specific linking sites that you use to find content on Hotfile? 10:28 2 10:28 3 10:28 4 10:28 5 10:28 6 category of questions that the court ruled out of 10:28 7 bounds. 10:28 8 BY MR. SCHOENBERG: 10:28 9 10:28 10 10:28 11 10:28 12 10:29 13 confidential pursuant to agreements we have with them. 10:29 14 BY MR. SCHOENBERG: 10:29 15 10:29 16 10:29 17 extent you're referring to vendors that Disney uses with 10:29 18 regard to Hotfile or comparable download hubs, you can 10:29 19 identify the vendors. MR. FABRIZIO: Again, I'll instruct the witness not to answer the question. Counsel, that squarely falls into the specific Q How do the vendors crawl linking sites? MR. FABRIZIO: Objection. Calls for speculation. THE WITNESS: Q Some of their methods are Who are the vendors that you're referring to? MR. FABRIZIO: Again, Mr. Griffin, to the 10:29 36 LANCE R. GRIFFIN, ESQ. HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER 12/22/2011 linking sites? 10:30 1 10:30 2 MR. FABRIZIO: 10:30 3 Can you be more specific, Counsel, since we're 10:30 4 in an area where we have highly sensitive information, 10:30 5 some of which may be confidential? 10:30 6 you get any information you're entitled to, but want to 10:30 7 make sure that we don't inadvertently through a broad 10:30 8 question get information -- into information "we're" not 10:30 9 entitled to get into. 10:30 10 10:30 11 Q 10:30 12 sites? 10:30 13 10:30 14 10:30 15 10:30 16 10:30 17 10:30 18 10:30 19 10:30 20 10:30 21 10:31 22 10:31 23 Objection. Vague, ambiguous. We're happy to let BY MR. SCHOENBERG: What are the vendors searching for on linking MR. FABRIZIO: You can answer at a high level, Mr. Griffin. THE WITNESS: Links to Disney content. BY MR. SCHOENBERG: Q And once they find that content, what do they do with those links? MR. FABRIZIO: Objection. Vague and ambiguous. BY MR. SCHOENBERG: Q Let me actually ask -- once they find those links, what do they do with them? MR. FABRIZIO: Same -- same objections. 37 LANCE R. GRIFFIN, ESQ. HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER 12/22/2011 10:31 1 those links to us and, at the same time, download the 10:31 2 content associated with the link. 10:31 3 BY MR. SCHOENBERG: 10:31 4 10:31 5 MR. FABRIZIO: 10:31 6 calls for speculation. 10:31 7 10:31 8 including some other information, would be put into a 10:31 9 web portal, which is a website that we can go to. 10:31 10 10:31 11 Q 10:31 12 your team? 10:31 13 A Yes. 10:31 14 Q And what do you do with it? 10:31 15 10:31 16 And, again, it's -- this is a matter -- these are 10:32 17 matters that have been ruled irrelevant by the court. 10:32 18 10:32 19 a deposition and you may just want some of this for 10:32 20 general background, but we're going to be very careful 10:32 21 about how -- what depth of information you're entitled 10:32 22 to here, Counsel. 10:32 23 10:32 24 Q And then what do they do with it? THE WITNESS: Objection. Vague, ambiguous, That information, perhaps BY MR. SCHOENBERG: And do they make that web portal available to MR. FABRIZIO: Objection. Vague, ambiguous. I'm giving you a little leeway because we're at So if you can answer at the very highest 38 LANCE R. GRIFFIN, ESQ. HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER THE WITNESS: 12/22/2011 Could you repeat the question? 10:32 1 10:32 2 10:32 3 10:32 4 available to your team, and I said, "What do you do with 10:32 5 it?" 10:32 6 10:32 7 MR. FABRIZIO: 10:32 8 THE WITNESS: 10:32 9 We would review the links and the downloaded 10:32 10 content and any other information on the site. 10:32 11 BY MR. SCHOENBERG: 10:32 12 10:32 13 10:32 14 A Yes. 10:32 15 Q Okay. 10:32 16 10:33 17 10:33 18 BY MR. SCHOENBERG: Q A Q You said the vendors make a web portal We would -Same objections. Yes. How many people are involved -- when you said "human review" earlier, is that what you meant? Yes. How many people are involved in that human review? MR. FABRIZIO: Pause just for one second. 39 LANCE R. GRIFFIN, ESQ. HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER MR. FABRIZIO: 12/22/2011 I'm going to instruct you not to 10:35 1 10:35 2 10:35 3 10:35 4 10:36 5 10:36 6 the next step in this process that you've been 10:36 7 describing? 10:36 8 10:36 9 10:36 10 10:36 11 on content identified as infringing the Disney content. 10:36 12 BY MR. SCHOENBERG: 10:36 13 10:36 14 10:36 15 MR. FABRIZIO: 10:36 16 THE WITNESS: 10:36 17 cease-and-desist notice, it could be a notice compliant 10:36 18 with local law or it could be a DMCA notice. 10:36 19 answer, Mr. Griffin. (Instruction not to answer.) BY MR. SCHOENBERG: Q After the human review is completed, what is MR. FABRIZIO: Again, at a high level, Mr. Griffin. THE WITNESS: Q Notices would be sent to the site When you say "notices," do you mean DMCA takedown notices? Objection. Asked and answered. It's -- it could be the 42 LANCE R. GRIFFIN, ESQ. HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER A 12/22/2011 I think recently we sent one to "221.com." 10:40 1 10:41 2 MR. FABRIZIO: Did you get that, Lori? 10:41 3 THE REPORTER: "221.com"? 10:41 4 10:41 5 Q Any others? 10:41 6 A Yes. 10:41 8 Q Did you ever send that type of notice to 10:41 9 10:41 10 MR. FABRIZIO: 10:41 11 THE WITNESS: 10:41 12 10:41 13 10:41 14 MR. GOLDSMITH: I think that's privileged. 10:41 15 MR. FABRIZIO: You think that's privileged? 10:41 16 Okay. 10:41 17 notices to send to which type of services is based on 10:41 18 privileged analysis and communications internally at 10:41 19 Disney. 10:41 20 10:41 21 10:41 22 10:41 23 10:41 24 Q Have you sent DMCA takedown notices to Hotfile? 10:41 25 A We have sent notices to Hotfile which meets BY MR. SCHOENBERG: I can't recall their names. Hotfile? Objection. Vague. No, I don't believe so. BY MR. SCHOENBERG: Q Why not? The determination as to what types of And I'm going to instruct the witness not to answer. (Instruction not to answer.) BY MR. SCHOENBERG: 46 LANCE R. GRIFFIN, ESQ. HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER 12/22/2011 requirements of the DMCA. 10:42 1 10:42 2 Q 10:42 3 you've sent? 10:42 4 A 10:42 5 10:42 6 10:42 7 10:42 8 MR. FABRIZIO: 10:42 9 Again, at a high level, Mr. Griffin. 10:42 10 10:43 11 the content was taken down. 10:43 12 BY MR. SCHOENBERG: 10:43 13 10:43 14 10:43 15 10:43 16 10:43 17 see if it's still active. 10:43 18 BY MR. SCHOENBERG: 10:43 19 10:43 20 is that the end of the process? 10:43 21 MR. FABRIZIO: 10:43 22 THE WITNESS: 10:43 23 "the end." 10:43 24 BY MR. SCHOENBERG: And how many -- could you estimate how many I don't have an accurate number. I would imagine thousands. Q What is the next step in this process after you've sent one of these notices? THE WITNESS: Q Objection. Vague and ambiguous. Generally, we would confirm that And how do you do that? MR. FABRIZIO: Again, Mr. Griffin, at a very high level here. THE WITNESS: Q Someone would check the link to And assuming that the link is no longer active, Objection. Vague and ambiguous. I don't know what you mean by 47 LANCE R. GRIFFIN, ESQ. HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER 12/22/2011 do you do next? 10:43 1 10:43 2 A I think it would be classified as removed. 10:43 3 Q Okay. 10:43 4 10:43 5 10:43 6 10:43 7 10:44 8 the sending of a takedown notice and when you check to 10:44 9 see whether the link has been deactivated? 10:44 10 10:44 11 witness not to answer that question as it reveals highly 10:44 12 sensitive antipiracy material information that has been 10:44 13 deemed out of bounds by the court's order. 10:44 14 10:44 15 10:44 16 10:44 17 10:44 18 A It's a second notice on the same link, or it 10:45 20 Q Has Hotfile ever not taken down a file after 10:45 21 10:46 22 10:46 23 10:46 24 10:46 25 What if the link is still active? What is the next step in the process? A Our general policy is to send a follow-up notice. Q And is there a specific amount of time between MR. FABRIZIO: I'm going to instruct the (Instruction not to answer.) BY MR. SCHOENBERG: Q When you say "follow-up notice," what do you mean? 10:45 receiving a takedown notice from Disney? MR. FABRIZIO: Objection. Calls for speculation. THE WITNESS: I don't think I have data that would enable me to answer that question. 48 LANCE R. GRIFFIN, ESQ. HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER 12/22/2011 BY MR. SCHOENBERG: 10:46 1 10:46 2 10:46 3 Hotfile did not take a file down after receiving a 10:46 4 takedown notice from Disney? 10:46 5 10:46 6 10:46 7 10:46 8 10:46 9 Q When was that? 10:46 10 A I'm sure we've had to send follow-up notices 10:46 11 10:46 12 10:46 13 Hotfile did not after receiving a follow-up notice take 10:46 14 down a link that you had given it notice of? 10:46 15 10:46 16 10:46 17 THE WITNESS: 10:46 18 asked for data concerning that. 10:46 19 BY MR. SCHOENBERG: 10:47 20 10:47 21 remove content that you've identified in takedown 10:47 22 notices? 10:47 23 10:47 24 10:47 25 Q Can you think of any specific instance in which MR. FABRIZIO: Objection. Objection. Calls for speculation. THE WITNESS: Yes. BY MR. SCHOENBERG: several times. Q Has there ever been an instance in which MR. FABRIZIO: Objection. Calls for speculation. Q I -- I have never analyzed or How quickly do you expect cyberlockers to MR. FABRIZIO: Objection. Overbroad and calls for a legal conclusion. THE WITNESS: I believe Disney's position on 49 LANCE R. GRIFFIN, ESQ. HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER 12/22/2011 10:48 1 MR. FABRIZIO: 10:48 2 THE WITNESS: 10:48 3 than that, yes. 10:48 4 BY MR. SCHOENBERG: 10:48 5 10:48 6 10:48 7 10:48 8 10:48 9 10:48 10 10:48 11 10:48 12 10:48 13 10:48 14 10:49 15 10:49 16 down files expeditiously in response to your takedown 10:49 17 notices? 10:49 18 10:49 19 compound and overbroad and vague as to timeframe, as 10:49 20 well. 10:49 21 10:49 22 notices on many files. 10:49 23 BY MR. SCHOENBERG: 10:49 24 Q And you're speaking of Hotfile, specifically? 10:49 25 A Yes. Q Same objections. I imagine it would be much less Would it be less than 24 hours? MR. FABRIZIO: Same objections. Asked and answered. THE WITNESS: Again, I'm not certain. BY MR. SCHOENBERG: Q So it could be more than 24 hours? MR. FABRIZIO: Objection. Calls for speculation. THE WITNESS: I -- I can't recall. BY MR. SCHOENBERG: Q Did you have issues with Hotfile not taking MR. FABRIZIO: THE WITNESS: Objection. Vague and ambiguous, We have had to send follow-up Yes. 51 LANCE R. GRIFFIN, ESQ. HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER Q 12/22/2011 Where a takedown notice to one cyberlocker 11:22 1 11:22 2 11:22 3 11:22 4 11:22 5 11:22 6 11:22 7 Q 11:22 8 happening? 11:22 9 11:22 10 11:22 11 11:23 12 11:23 13 MR. SCHOENBERG: 11:23 15 This will be Disney 3. 11:23 16 (Disney Exhibit 3 was marked for 11:24 17 identification by the court reporter.) 11:24 18 THE WITNESS: 11:24 19 11:24 20 11:24 21 11:24 22 11:24 23 11:24 24 11:24 25 provided a link for a file on a different cyberlocker. MR. FABRIZIO: Objection. Lacks foundation that it occurred. THE WITNESS: I am not. BY MR. SCHOENBERG: So this is the first you've ever heard of that MR. FABRIZIO: Objection. Mischaracterizes his testimony, lacks foundation. THE WITNESS: I believe it is the first time I've seen it. Okay. Okay. BY MR. SCHOENBERG: Q What is the document we just marked as Disney 3? A It appears to be a follow-up notice that we talked about before. Q And can you just remind me, when you say "follow-up notice" what do you mean? 68 LANCE R. GRIFFIN, ESQ. HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER A 12/22/2011 That would be a notice that we send after we've 11:24 1 11:24 2 11:24 3 11:24 4 11:25 5 A The copyrighted work? 11:25 6 Q Correct. 11:25 7 A FLASHFORWARD. 11:25 8 Q And does this document indicate when the 11:25 9 11:25 10 11:25 11 11:25 12 11:25 13 11:25 14 11:25 15 11:25 16 11:25 17 11:25 18 11:25 19 11:25 20 11:25 21 anyway, it appears that the follow-up notification was 11:26 22 sent less than 24 hours after the original notice; isn't 11:26 23 that right? 11:26 24 That's correct, isn't it? 11:26 25 MR. FABRIZIO: sent a previous notice. Q And looking at this document, what is the work that -- that that -- this follow-up notice relates to? original notice was sent? A It appears to. Notification Date: Q It says, "(Original 9/17/2009 3:56:10 PM)." And when was this re- -- follow-up notification sent? A Well, the header at the top says it was sent 9/18/2009, at 11:01:29 A.M. Q And just so we're clear, this -- this is a follow-up notification to Hotfile, correct? A Yes. It's -- in the "To:" line it says, "abuse@hotfile.com." Q And so based on the face of this document, Objection. Lacks foundation. 69 LANCE R. GRIFFIN, ESQ. HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER THE WITNESS: 12/22/2011 So 9/17 at 3:56 P.M. to 9/18 at 11:26 1 11:26 2 11:01 A.M. I think would be less than 24 hours, if 11:26 3 they're on the same time zone. 11:26 4 BY MR. SCHOENBERG: 11:26 5 11:26 6 11:26 7 notification because it felt like Hotfile hadn't 11:26 8 responded in an adequate amount of time to the original 11:26 9 takedown notice? 11:26 10 11:27 11 11:27 12 MR. SCHOENBERG: 11:27 13 THE WITNESS: 11:27 14 can't recall this exact notice, but I -- I would suspect 11:27 15 that's the case. 11:27 16 BY MR. SCHOENBERG: 11:27 17 11:27 18 this, the original takedown notice, in order to have 11:27 19 done so in an adequate amount of time? 11:27 20 11:28 21 11:28 22 MR. SCHOENBERG: 11:28 23 THE WITNESS: 11:28 24 9/18. 11:28 25 BY MR. SCHOENBERG: Q Assuming they're on the same time zone. Is -- did Disney send this follow-up MR. FABRIZIO: You're referring to this specific notice? Q Yes. I did not send the notice, and I How quickly should Hotfile have responded to MR. FABRIZIO: You're referring, again, to this individual instance? Yes. Well, obviously, before 11:01 on 70 LANCE R. GRIFFIN, ESQ. HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER 12/22/2011 1 2 3 4 I, the undersigned, a Certified Shorthand Reporter of the State of California, do hereby certify: That the foregoing proceedings were taken 5 before me at the time and place herein set forth; that 6 any witnesses in the foregoing proceedings, prior to 7 testifying, were duly sworn; that a record of the 8 proceedings was made by me using machine shorthand 9 which was thereafter transcribed under my direction; 10 that the foregoing transcript is a true record of the 11 testimony given. 12 Further, that if the foregoing pertains to 13 the original transcript of a deposition in a Federal 14 Case, before completion of the proceedings, review of 15 the transcript [X] was [ ] was not requested. 16 I further certify I am neither financially 17 interested in the action nor a relative or employee 18 of any attorney or party to this action. 19 20 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have this date subscribed my name. 21 22 Dated: 12/29/2011 23 24 25 ________________________________ LORI SCINTA, RPR CSR No. 4811 209

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