Declaration of Michael Ostroff for Plaintiffs, in MPAA v. Reimerdes, Corley and Kazan (NY; Jan. 14, 2000)

Declaration of Michael Ostroff (Universal) for Plaintiffs
in MPAA v. Reimerdes, Corley and Kazan

(Declaration of Michael Ostroff [in Support of Paintiffs' Application for a Preliminary Injunction]; NY, Jan. 14, 2000)

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[Two page fax]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS, INC.;
PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION;
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIOS INC.;
TRISTAR PICTURES, INC.; COLUMBIA
PICTURES INDUSTRIES, INC.; TIME WARNER
ENTERTAINMENT CO., L.P.; DISNEY
ENTERPRISES, INC.; AND TWENTIETH
CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION,
Plaintiffs,
v.
SHAWN C. REIMERDES; ERIC CORLEY A/K/A
"EMMANUEL GOLDSTEIN"; AND ROMAN
KAZAN,
Defendants.
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DECLARATION OF
MICHAEL OSTROFF

DECLARATION

Michael Ostroff declares, under pnealty of perjury, as follows:
1. I am the Executive Vice President Business and Legal Affairs of Universal Music Group ("Universal") which owns or controls copyrights in thousands of different popular sound recordings. I make this declaration in support of the relief requested by the Plaintiffs with respect to proliferation of the DeCSS "hack."
2. Our industry reached an accord in or about 1999 to adopt a version of the Contents Scramble System ("CSS") as security for the Digital Versatile Disc - Audio ("DVD-Audio") format.
3. As a result of the recent DeCSS "hack" our company has deferred releasing sound recordings on the DVD Audio format.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
Dated: January 13, 2000
[Signature]

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