The Authors Guild et al v. Google Inc.

Filing 215

DECLARATION of Andrew C. DeVore in Support re: #209 Objection (non-motion). Document filed by Arlo Guthrie, Julia Wright, Catherine Ryan Hyde, Eugene Linden. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A, #2 Exhibit B1, #3 Exhibit B2, #4 Exhibit B3, #5 Exhibit B4, #6 Exhibit B5, #7 Exhibit C, #8 Exhibit D, #9 Exhibit E, #10 Exhibit F, #11 Exhibit G, #12 Exhibit H, #13 Exhibit I, #14 Exhibit J, #15 Exhibit K, #16 Exhibit L)(DeVore, Andrew)

The Author's Guild et al v. Google Inc.

Doc. 215

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -X : : : : Plaintiffs, : : v. : : GOOGLE INC., : Defendant. : : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -X THE AUTHORS GUILD, INC., ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PUBLISHERS, INC., et al.,

No. 05 Civ. 8136 (DC)

DECLARATION OF ANDREW C. DEVORE I, ANDREW C. DEVORE, ESQ., declare under penalty of perjury that the following is true and correct: 1. I am a partner in the law firm of DeVore & DeMarco LLP, counsel to

class members Arlo Guthrie, Julia Wright, Catherine Ryan Hyde, and Eugene Linden. I submit this declaration in support of their objections to the proposed settlement agreement. 2. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of the Google Blog

posting entitled "New chapter for Google Book Search," dated October 28, 2008 (available at http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-chapter-for-google-book-search.html). 3. Attached hereto as Exhibits B1-5 are true and correct copies of the results

of searches for named plaintiffs Herbert Mitgang, Betty Miles, Daniel Hoffman, Paul Dickson, and Joseph Goulden, respectively, conducted on September 1, 2009, in the Google Book Settlement database. 4. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true and correct copy of a search engine

usage report obtained from StatCounter.com on August 24, 2009, indicating that Google controls 78% of the American market for Web search.

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Attached hereto as Exhibit D is a true and correct copy of selected pages

of Google Inc.'s quarterly report to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (Form 10-Q) for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2009. 6. Attached hereto as Exhibit E is a true and correct copy of Efficient

Frontier's "U.S. Search Engine Performance Report ­ Q2 2009" (available at http://www.efrontier.com/research/search-engine-report/Q2-2009). 7. Attached hereto as Exhibit F is a true and correct copy of Google's

"AdWords Beginner's Guide ­ Keyword basics" (available at http://adwords.google.com/ support/aw/bin/static.py?page=guide.cs&guide=21899&topic=22356&answer=149063). 8. Attached hereto as Exhibit G is a true and correct copy of Google's

"AdWords Beginner's Guide ­ Ad basics" (available at http://adwords.google.com/support/ aw/bin/static.py?page=guide.cs&guide=21899&topic=21903&answer=146296). 9. Attached hereto as Exhibit H is a true and correct copy of "What is

Google's AdWords and AdSense trademark policy?" (available at http://adwords.google.com/ support/aw/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=6118). 10. I have reviewed the docket in this case. After the filing of the Answer to

the Amended Complaint on or about July 26, 2006, there were no substantive filings by any party to the litigation prior to the submission of the proposed settlement agreement on or about October 28, 2008. 11. Attached hereto as Exhibit I is a true and correct copy of "Google's goal:

to organise your daily life," by Caroline Daniel and Maija Palmer, Financial Times, May 22, 2007 (available at http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c3e49548-088e-11dc-b11e-000b5df10621.html).

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Attached hereto as Exhibit J is a true and correct copy of "Google Book

Search Settlement: A Reader's Guide" by Fred von Lohmann (available at http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/10/google-books-settlement-readers-guide). 13. Attached hereto as Exhibit K is a true and correct copy of "Turing's

Cathedral: A visit to Google on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of John von Neumann's proposal for a digital computer" by George Dyson (available at http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/dyson05/dyson05_index.html.) 14. On August 31, 2009, I searched for the phrase "Pay It Forward" in

quotation marks using Google Web search, which among other things produced "Sponsored Links" for websites hotmoviesale.com and moviesunlimited.com. A true and accurate printout of these search results is attached hereto as Exhibit L. Dated: New York, New York September 2, 2009 By: /s/ Andrew C. DeVore Andrew C. DeVore (AD ­ 3511)

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