UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------------------------------------ x 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- SEAN REIMERDES, ERIC CORLEY a/k/a "EMMANUEL GOLDSTEIN" and ROMAN KAZAN, Defendants. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 00 civ. 0277 (LAK) AFFIDAVIT OF RICHARD J. MEISLIN ------------------------------------ x STATE OF NEW YORK ) : SS.: COUNTY OF NEW YORK ) RICHARD J. MEISLIN, being duly sworn, deposes and says: 1. I am editor in chief of New York Times Digital, which produces The New York Times on the Web (the "Web site"). 2. Attached hereto is a true and correct copy of an article that first appeared on April 28, 2000, and continues to be posted at http://www.nvtimes.com/librar-v/tech/00/04/cyber/cyberlaw/ 28law.html. It is entitled "First Amendment Lawyer Takes on Movie Studios in DVD Case" and is by Carl S. Kaplan. 3. The article appeared only on the Web site and not in the print version of The New York Times. It included six hyperlinks to other Web sites related to the subject matter of the article. Clicking on those hyperlinks in the body of the article causes viewers to be sent to the bottom of the article. There they find a list of all of the hyperlinks in the article under this statement: "These sites are not part of The New York Times on the Web and The Times has no control over their content or availability." Only upon clicking one of the hyperlinks at the bottom of the article may interested readers access these other Web sites. 4. The ability to refer readers to other Web sites that relate to a particular article is an integral part of the practice of journalism on the Web. The attached article, including its hyperlinks, is in our view sound and appropriate journalism. _________________________ RICHARD J. MEISLIN Sworn to before me this 10th day of May, 2000 _______________________ Notary Public