Monday,December1st,2014
ViaEmail
BrianKlein,PartnerBakerMarquartLLP
[email protected]
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
