Coin Fire Response to GAW Miners C&D

Monday,December1st,2014

ViaEmail

BrianKlein,PartnerBakerMarquartLLP

bklien@bakermarquart.com

Re:CeaseandDesist

Mr.Klein,

IwriteinresponsetoyourletterdatedNovember26,2014regardingthearticleGawMinerslyingaboutpartnershipsontheCoinFirewebsiteathttp://CoinFire.cf/.

Icancertainlyunderstandyourclientsdesiretohaveourreportingsilencedwithfalse

claimsoflibel,andhowMr.GarzaandGAWMinersmaywishtosimplysilenceourreporting

ratherthanfaceitheadoninapublicviewhowever,letterssenttosilenceandintimidate

CoinFirefromreportingsimplywillnotbeenough.

Inyourletter,youdemandthatCoinFireimmediatelyceaseanddesistallclaims

madeinthearticlepublishedbyourstaffcontributorLeoHarzigimmediately.Thisletteristo

informyouthatCoinFirewillnotcomplywithyourrequestandhasnolegalobligationtodo

so.YourlegalthreatsarenotsupportedbythelawandplainlyseektointerferewithCoin

Firesfreedomofpressandprotectedspeech.

Inyourletteryouassert,NooneatGAWwascontactedtodiscussthestorybeforeitwaspublished.IfGAWhadbeencontactedandgivenachancetosettherecordstraight,thearticlewouldbedramaticallydifferent:itwouldbeaccurate.CoinFirecanandwillproducematerialevidencethatsupportsourclaimsthatGAWwascontactedmultipletimesvia

multiple,documentable,andsubpoenablemethodsthatshowsyourassertiontobefalse.

CoinFiremadenumerous,welldocumented,andwellsupportedattemptstoreachout

toGAWMinerspriortothepublicationofthispiece.Whilewearenotlegallyobligatedto

conferwithGAWMinerspriortopublishing,wedidsoinanactofgoodfaith.Evidenceof

multipleattemptsofcontactcanbeproducedintheeventoflegalproceedingsagainstCoin

Fire,Mr.Johnson,orMr.Harzig.

CoinFiremadeeveryreasonableattempttoinformandgivebothMr.GarzaandGAW

Minersampletimetoreviewandrespondtothefeaturethatwaspublished.Asevidencedin

ExhibitA,theclaimstomakecontactthroughmultipleattemptsaredocumentedviaseveral

methods.Thisisbutonepieceofevidencewehaveavailabletosupportourclaim.

Pleaseprovidetomyselfandourteam,inwriting,anaccurateaccountingoftheexact

informationandstatementsyourclientfoundintheoriginalpiecetobelibeloussothatour

teammaybeginreviewingyourclaimsmoreindepthly.

Mr.MichaelJohnson

ExecutiveEditor,CoinFire

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