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141 . Def endant is the sole owner of the internet domain and website

l 55crimenews2000 . com' : and the only legitimate def endant of this lawsuit .

l 62 . The website was purchased f rom Laurene Stewart in January, 2009 ,

1 7and registration was trans f erred to Def endant ' s account with the registrar

l 8Godaddy . com. Def endant also purchased a privacy service (proxy) to prevent

1 9personal inf ormation f rom publication on the internet .

2 03 . Def endant is now and has been since January/ 200 9, the sole

2 1operator of the website . Domains By Proxy is the Godaddy division that

2 2provides the privacy services purchased.

2 34 . The contact inf ormation of Laurene Stewart , tl'le original owner of

2 4the domain and wqbsitp, rpmained in the Domains By Proxy database due to a

2 5clerical error (probably by Def endant ) at the time ownership was transf erred .

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lI 1 5. No party other than this defendant has had anything to do with!

i2 ownership and operation of the website, including the selection of itema

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6 6. On or about February 19/ 2009, this Defendant (and only this

7 defendant) did publish on the website an excerpt from the article entitled

8 '%ludge deniea bail to auspects in two deathsê believing such republicationF

9 constituted fair use.

10 7. The originator of the material was clearly identified.

11 Hyperlinks to the specific article and to the main (home) page of the

12 originating website were included.

13 8. The website has, since Defendant assumed ownership, had a clearly

14 labeled and fully functional method of contacting the webmaster/owner.

15 9. On or about June 9. 2010, Defendant was contacted (using the

œ lb mechanism on the webaite) by Steve Green, a reporter for the Las Vegas Sun

17 newspaper: asking for comment on a lawsuit.

18 10. Immediately upon learning that Plaintiff objected to the use of

19 the materials on the website from a third partyy subject materials were

20 removed without waiting for a formal request from the Plaintiff. Defendant

21 then emailed Plaintiff (counsel for Plaintiff) informing them of the proper

22 target of the lawsuit.

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l FACTS

2 1l. Plaintiff makes a series of pro forma assertions as to Defendants

3 'ties to Nevada' totally lacking substance. Defendant operatee a website in

4 the true crime genre, the popularity of which is common knowledge: and

5 publishes material related to crimese trials, and 1aw enforcement from around

6 the United States and the world - of whtch Nevada and Las Vegas are a part.

7 12. Defendant certainly will not turn away visitors from any

8 location, but residents of Nevada and/or Las Vegas seeking information on

9 local crimesz victimsz 1aw enforcement officials and actions, and court

10 officials and actions, are far more likely to turn to Plaintiff's website or

11 those of its actual competitors than to crimenewszooo-com.

12 13. Plaintiff Makes a specious assertion of harm. According to the

13 Alexa website analysis service, Plaintiff operates a website ranked at 9,688

14 globally and 1,801 in the United States, compared to Defendant's rankings of

15 999,064 and 289,653 respectively (Exhibit A).

16 14. Defendant's website has averaged less than 2,500 page views per

17 day in calendar year 2010 (Exhibit B); the atatistical tools available do not

18 provide detail as to how many vie-ed the specific atory.

19 15. Defendant's website has generated $139.93 during the period

20 February l-lune 3O, 2010 ïExbibit CJ.

21 16. The proper legal atructure of Plaintiff's assertions

22 notwithstanding, the actual damages suffered by Plaintiff are no greater than

23 if a copy of the article in question was tacked to the bulletin board of an

24 of f ice, or a copy of the article was electronically reproduced and

25 distributed among acquaintancea .

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1 oFFzR OF SE:TT.MMKNT

2 l7. Defendant published on *he website an article to which Plaintiff holds

copyright . Defendant did so believing that the reciprocal hyperlinks back to3

the originating website constituted f air use. Without admitting any improper4

! action, Def endant of f ers to settle this lawsuit with Plaintif f f or the sum of.5

$142 . 88 (revenue generated by the website during the time the of f ending6

material was available plus the $2 . 95 charge f or an archived article) , along7

with a guarantee that no material belonging to Plaintif f will ever appear on

B the Website again .

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18. In the event Plaintiff rejects the offer of settlement made:11

refuses to make a counter-offer, and persists in demanding trial by jury,12

Defendant requests that the Court dismiss the case outright. Plaintiff made13

no effort to obtain redress prior to flling said suit: the claim of harm ia14

specious, and the matter hardly worthy of the consideration of this or any

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EXHIBIT #

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La& Vegas Review-lonrnpl

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Exhibit B

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