Viacom International, Inc. et al v. Youtube, Inc. et al

Filing 319

DECLARATION of Susan J. Kohlmann/ Exhibits to Declaration of Susan J. Kohlmann in Support of Viacom's Opposition to Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment in Support re: 284 Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Motion,. Document filed by Country Music Television, Inc., Paramount Pictures Corporation, Viacom International, Inc., Black Entertainment Television, LLC, Comedy Partners. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 81, # 2 Exhibit 82, # 3 Exhibit 83, # 4 Exhibit 84, # 5 Exhibit 85, # 6 Exhibit 86, # 7 Exhibit 87, # 8 Exhibit 88, # 9 Exhibit 89, # 10 Exhibit 90, # 11 Exhibit 91, # 12 Exhibit 92, # 13 Exhibit 93)(Kohlmann, Susan)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK VIACOM INTERNATIONAL, INC., COMEDY PARTNERS, COUNTRY MUSIC. TELEVISION, INC., PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION, and BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION, LLC, ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) vs. ) NO. 07-CV-2203 ) YOUTUBE, INC., YOUTUBE, LLC, ) and GOOGLE, INC., ) ) Defendants. ) ___________________________________) ) THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION PREMIER ) LEAGUE LIMITED, BOURNE CO., et al.,) on behalf of themselves and all ) others similarly situated, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) vs. ) NO. 07-CV-3582 ) YOUTUBE, INC., YOUTUBE, LLC, and ) GOOGLE, INC., ) ) Defendants. ) ___________________________________) VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF FRANCK CHASTAGNOL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2008

DAVID FELDMAN WORLDWIDE, INC.
805 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022 [phone]

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DECEMBER 10, 2008 9:57 a.m.

VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF FRANCK CHASTAGNOL, SHEARMAN & STERLING, 525 Market Street, San Francisco, California, pursuant to notice, before ANDREA M. IGNACIO HOWARD, CLR, CCRR, RPR, CSR License No. 9830.

DAVID FELDMAN WORLDWIDE, INC.
805 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022 [phone]

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A P P E A R A N C E S:

FOR THE PLAINTIFFS VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC.: JENNER & BLOCK By: MICHAEL DESANCTIS, Esq. SARAH A. MAGUIRE, Esq. 1099 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 900 Washington, D.C., 20001 [phone] [e-mail]; [e-mail]

FOR THE LEAD PLAINTIFFS AND PROSPECTIVE CLASS: BERNSTEIN LITOWITZ BERGER & GROSSMANN LLP By: BENJAMIN GLADSTON, Esq.

12481 High Bluff Drive, Suite 300 San Diego, California 92130-3188 [phone] [e-mail]

DAVID FELDMAN WORLDWIDE, INC.
805 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022 [phone]

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A P P E A R A N C E S

(Continued.)

FOR THE DEFENDANTS YOUTUBE, INC., YOUTUBE, LLC and GOOGLE, INC.: MAYER BROWN LLP By: MATTHEW D. INGBER, Esq. BRIAN WILLEN, Esq. 1675 Broadway New York, New York 10019 [phone] [e-mail]

[e-mail]

WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI By: MICHAEL H. RUBIN, Esq.

650 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, California 94304-1050 [phone] [e-mail]

ALSO PRESENT: ADAM L. BAREA, Litigation Counsel, Google KELLY TRUELOVE, Consultant KEN REESER, Videographer.

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805 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022 [phone]

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CHASTAGNOL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2008, 9:57 A.M.

THE VIDEOGRAPHER:

Good morning.

Today's

videotaped deposition of Franck Chastagnol is taken on December 10th, 2008, at 525 Market Street, 15th Floor, San Francisco, California. In the matter of Viacom

International, et al., vs. YouTube, Incorporated, et al., and The Football Association Premier League Limited, et al., vs. YouTube, Incorporated, et al. Civil Action No. 07-CV-2103. In the U.S.

District Court, Southern District of New York. My name is Ken Reeser. I represent

David Feldman Worldwide, located at 600 Anton Boulevard, Suite 1100, Costa Mesa, California. We are now commencing at 9:57 a.m. Will all present please identify themselves, beginning with the witness. THE WITNESS: YouTube. MR. DESANCTIS: Block. MS. MAGUIRE: Sarah Maguire of Jenner & Michael DeSanctis of Jenner & I'm Franck Chastagnol from

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805 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022 [phone]

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CHASTAGNOL Block. MR. TRUELOVE: Viacom plaintiffs. MR. GALDSTON: Benjamin Galdston of Kelly Truelove, consultant for

Bernstein, Litowitz, Berger & Grossman. MR. INGBER: the defendants. MR. WILLEN: the defendants. MR. RUBIN: for the defendants. MR. BAREA: Adam Barea, Google. Thank you. Michael Rubin, Wilson Sonsini, Brian Willen, Mayer Brown, for Matthew Ingber, Mayer Brown, for

THE VIDEOGRAPHER:

Please swear in the witness.

FRANCK CHASTAGNOL, having been sworn as a witness, testified as follows:

EXAMINATION BY MR. DESANCTIS MR. DESANCTIS: Mr. Chastagnol. A Q Good morning. Just for clarity, could you please, again, Q. Good morning,

state your name and spell it for the record.

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CHASTAGNOL source code to deactivate the -- the feature. one way. MR. DESANCTIS: Okay. MS. MAGUIRE: MR. DESANCTIS: 55. 55. Okay. All right. Now, 55. That's

(Document marked Chastagnol Exhibit 5 for identification.) MR. DESANCTIS: Let me show you what's been

marked as Chastagnol deposition Exhibit 5. THE WITNESS: MR. DESANCTIS: Thank you. Q. I specifically want to

direct your attention to the middle of the first page where it has your name, Franck Chastagnol, wrote. A Q Yeah. And this is you responding to an e-mail from Ken Montoya

Ken Montoya which appears right below.

writes an e-mail to you that starts, "Hi, Franck," and if you go down to the very bottom of the page, number two, "How are strikes --" Ken Montoya -- Ken Montoyama, I'm sorry, asks "How are strikes accounted for? If we pull the embraced content down, will the

user automatically receive a strike against them or is this controlled by the squad team?"

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CHASTAGNOL And how did you answer in this e-mail? MR. INGBER: read -THE WITNESS: MR. INGBER: Okay. -- that e-mail and the other First of all, take your time to

e-mails of the chain before you answer. And objection on the ground that the document speaks for itself. MR. DESANCTIS: Q. Have you had a chance to

look over that portion of the e-mail, Mr. Chastagnol? A I -- I did look at -- I did read this portion

of the documents, yes. Q Okay. So after the question -- and this is,

I should say, this is an e-mail dated March 2007, correct, from the -- the top e-mail on page one, anyway, is from David King to you; is that correct? A Q That's correct. Okay. So you are asked how accounts -- how

strikes -- "How are strikes accounted for, and will the user automatically receive a strike against them or is this controlled by the squad team?" the bottom of page one of your exhibit. And you answered, "No, currently we do not give the user a strike if content is taken down versus That's at

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CHASTAGNOL CY -- via CYC." So as we're trying to figure out the date on which uploaders were first given strikes on account of content taken down via CYC, this evidences that on March -- in March of 2007, strikes were not given; correct? MR. INGBER: speaks for itself. THE WITNESS: So, I mean, I don't remember Objection to form; document

this particular e-mail, and reading it today it was my interpretation when -- my understanding, when I replied back to Ken, that no strikes were given to -to a user at that time. I might have discussed it

with David, the product manager at that time. MR. DESANCTIS: Q Yeah. Okay. I'm now going to

You could put that aside.

show you what's being marked as Chastagnol Exhibit 6. A Okay. (Document marked Exhibit Chastagnol 6 for identification.) MR. DESANCTIS: Q. This is another e-mail

from David King to you, but this one is dated August 2nd, 2007. user accounts." Subject line is "Strikes against It begin with Bates No. GOO001-35137.

DAVID FELDMAN WORLDWIDE, INC.
805 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022 [phone]

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