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Attorneys for Plaintiffs ONLINE POUCY GROUP JenniferStisaGranick, Esq. (SBN 168423) STANFORD LAW SCHOOL CENTER FOR INTERNEI' &; SOCIBTY SS9NathanAbbott Way Stanford,CA 94305-8610 Telephone: (650) 724-0014 Facsimile: (6S0)721-4426

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NELSOYNCHU PA VLOSKY and LUKE

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ONLINE POUCY GROUP.NElSON CHU PA VLOSKY. and LUKE mOMAS SMITH

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SUPPLEMENTALDECLARA'nON OF LUKE THOMAS SMITH IN SUPPORT APPLICAnON FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

DIEBOID, INCORPORATED, andDJEBOlD ElECIION SYSTEMS,INCORPORATED,

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1.Luke ThomasSmith, declare:

23 I am Luke Thomas Smith, a plaintiff in die abovc..captioocdcue. This Declaration

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my previousDeclaration,which I incorporatein full by this reference.

As I mentionedpreviously, on October 22, 2003, after receiving a ceaseand desist

notice from Diebold, Swarthmmedecidedto disableaccessto the Diebold e-mail archivesfIom the

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SCDC websitc. We were told that publishing the archiveswas against Swarthmore'spolicy. On

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Octo~ 23. 2003.afterI hadposteda link to the archiveshostedclsewherc,I was informedthat 2

the link wasalsoin violationof Swarthmore's policy. As a ~t,

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removedtile link.

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At the time of both of thoseactions.neither Nelson nor I were sure that Swarthmore

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would allow us to republishthe infonnationor a link to it if we filed a counternoticeunderthe

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copyright law. To the contrary,we were informedthat the publicationand the link violated

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Swarthmore'spolicy and we were not certain whether SwaIthmore'sposition was that it was acting

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as our college, or as a serviceprovider that might comply with the counter-noticeprovisions of 17

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U.S.c. Section512.

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On October 31, 2003, Sward1moremade a public statementin which it statedthat it

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had "advisedstudentson the processfor filing underdie copyrightlaw a 'counter.notification'

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agoinstDjebold's take-down demand... Based upon d1atpublic st~!~!!l~t. and after consultation

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with attorneys,Nelsonand I presentedSwarthmorewith a counter-notification on November6,

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copyof thecounternoticeis attachedheretoasExhibit A.

We understandthat under 17 U.S.C. Sections512(c) and (g). Swarthmoremust not

~lace the removedmatcria11cssthan 10 businessdays following receipt of the COUIItu:notice, or

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approximatelyNovember 19, 2003

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Thus,evenif we are allowedto republishthe materialat the end of the 10 days,

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Diebold's ceaseand desistletter will have resultedin the forced removal of Utee-mail archive from

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ow" wcbsite for nearly a month, including removal during the critical time period just prior to an

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C]ectiOD whcre thc Dicbold machineswere used in many locations. We believe that the

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infonnation revealedin the c.-mailarchive about problems widl the Diebold machinescould have

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contributed to the important debateand pubJic attention focused on elecb'Onicvoting ~hines

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aroundelection day. had it not beenfor Diebold's actions.

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I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the Statc of Pennsylvania that the

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Judy Do"lning Director of InformanonTechnologySt.-rvices Swrimore College BeardsleyHall 500 College Avenue Swat'thInore,PA 19081

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Dear Ms. Downing:

PleasefInd attachedto this letter a list of materials,collectively known asthe Diebold email archive,which were pomd on the SwarthmoreCoalition for the Digital COJJ'Imons wcbsitc and whictl weR removedby die schoolfollowing a complaint from Diebold companyon Octobc1' 22J.J,2003. This lettcr is our countcmotice to that complaint. We are filing this countemotice now, following Swarthmore's rccent notification on October 31,2003 that it would accept COUDtemoticefrom ~q. Until that BDnounCeJMDt,we were "ot sure whether Swarthmore WaAacri11gas our college. or a.~a seMce provider undeT 17 U.S.C. Section 512.

We haveIi good faith belief that the o;ebold cmail archivewas disabledin m'Or asa resuh of mistakeor misidentificationof the material,including that oW'postingof this material constituted fair useunder copyright law. We declared1atthis is troe and accuratcunderpenaltyofpetjury under the laws of the United Statesof AJrIerica. For thc purpo.qes orthis matter,we consentto thejurisdiction ofthc FedCt'alDistrict Comt for die judicial district in which we reside. We alsoconsentto notice of Ser.'iceby the pcrsonproviding notifiC3tionunder Section512 (cX1XC) or~tperson's agent. However,by this lctter, we do not waive my other rights, including the right to p\D8uean action fOTthe removalor disabling of accessto this material.if wrongful. IIaving compliedwith the countemoticerequiremcntsof Section512(S}(3),we expectthat Swarthmoremust now replacethe blocked Ofremovedmaterialsset forth in the attachmentand ceasedisabling accessin ten to fourteendaysof your rece;ptof this notice. Pleasel1otify us when this hu becn donc. We appreciatcyour prompt attent;onto this matter. Tryou haveany questionsabout th;s notice, pleascdo not hesitateto contactus. Sincerel)lyoun,

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