Free Statement - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

1 C. Mark Kittredge (#013907) Scott S. Minder (#023367) 2 PERKINS COIE BROWN & BAIN P.A. 3 2901 North Central Avenue Post Office Box 400 4 Phoenix, Arizona 85001-0400 (602) 351-8000 5 [email protected] 6 [email protected] 7 Attorneys for Defendant Arizona Academy for the Performing Arts, Inc. 8 9 10 11 Johan de Meij, d/b/a Amstel Music, BV, 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 1. 23 [See Ex. A to Pl's. SOF] 24 2. Plaintiff's work, "The Big Apple," was first published on April 1, 1994. The earliest alleged date of Plaintiff's registration of copyright for "The Big Plaintiff, THE ARIZONA ACADEMY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS' STATEMENT OF FACTS IN Tempe Union High School District, Corona Del SUPPORT OF ITS: (i) RESPONSE Sol Band Boosters, Great Video Productions, TO PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR Arizona Music Educators Assoc., Arizona SUMMARY JUDGMENT; AND (ii) Academy for the Performing Arts, Inc., Mark CROSS-MOTION FOR SUMMARY D. Richardson, William J. Richardson and Chris JUDGMENT Evans, v. Defendants. No. CIV 04-0341 PHX RCB UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

25 Apple" is July 6, 2002. [See Ex. A to Pl's. SOF] 26 3.

Preparation of the musical arrangement that Plaintiff has alleged is an

27 unauthorized derivative work of "The Big Apple" was authorized by William D. 28 Richardson in the spring of 2002. [M. Richardson Decl., ¶ 3, 4, attached as Ex. 1]
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4.

Preparation of the musical arrangement that Plaintiff has alleged is an

unauthorized derivative work of "The Big Apple" commenced by the end of April, 2002. [M. Richardson Decl., ¶ 5] 5.

The musical arrangement that Plaintiff has alleged is an unauthorized

derivative work was substantially complete by the first week of June, 2002. [M. Richardson Decl., ¶ 6] Dated: August 18, 2005. PERKINS COIE BROWN & BAIN P.A.

By s/ C. Mark Kittredge C. Mark Kittredge Scott S. Minder 2901 North Central Avenue Post Office Box 400 Phoenix, Arizona 85001-0400 Attorneys for Defendant Arizona Academy for the Performing Arts, Inc.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on August 18, 2005, I electronically transmitted the attached documents to the Clerk's Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the following CM/ECF registrants: Martin P. Clare [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] CAMPBELL, YOST, CLARE & NORELL, P.C. 101 North First Avenue, Suite 2500 Phoenix, Arizona 85003-0001 Attorneys for Defendants Mark D. Richardson and William J. Richardson Francis G. Fanning [email protected] LAW OFFICES OF FRANCIS G. FANNING 500 East Southern Avenue, Suite B Tempe, Arizona 85282-5211 Attorneys for Defendant Corona del Sol Band Boosters, Inc. Garrick L. Gallagher [email protected] Debora L. Verdier [email protected] SANDERS AND PARKS 3030 North Third Street, Suite 1300 Phoenix, Arizona 85012 Attorneys for Defendant Tempe Union High School District I hereby certify that on August 18, 2005, I served the attached document by hand delivery to: The Honorable Robert C. Broomfield United States District Court Sandra Day O'Connor U.S. Courthouse 401 West Washington Street, Suite 216, SPC 61 Phoenix, Arizona 85003-2118

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I hereby certify that on August 18, 2005, I served the attached document by first class mail on the following, who are not registered participants of the CM/ECF System: Thomas K. Irvine IRVINE LAW FIRM 1419 North Third Street, Suite 100 Phoenix, Arizona 85004 Attorneys for Defendant Arizona Music Educators Association Arizona Music Educators Association c/o John C. Faris 4312 West Royal Palm Road Glendale, Arizona 85302-6625 R. Buck McKinney LAW OFFICE OF BUCK MCKINNEY Post Office Box 6231 Austin, Texas 78762-6231 Attorney for Plaintiff J. Gregory Osborne TOLMAN & OSBORNE, P.C. 1920 East Southern Avenue, Suite 104 Tempe, Arizona 85282 Attorneys for Defendant Chris Evans s/ Janet Roe
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