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Spot the differences: Gigabyte motherboard revisisons present markedly different test results
Review - yesterday at 11:06 AM
Several days ago, one of our (Dutch) forum visitors asked about a Gigabyte motherboard with difference characteristics than the original model, and visible differences from the photo displayed by the shop where it was purchased. A bit of Googling and browsing through Gigabyte's website shows that the Taiwanese manufacturer makes new revisions of quite a few of its motherboards, mostly in the budget segment. For us reason to do some more research and buy and test the motherboards. The results are more than a little remarkable...Read more
500-550 watt power supplies review: 40 models tested
Review - Saturday 12/20/2014 - 03:05 PMAMD is lagging behind a little, but Intel and Nvidia clearly show what the latest trend is: better performance at a lower level of power consumption. As a result, even a 500 watt power supply is more than enough for a PC with a powerful processor and graphics card. The price of such a PSU might be as low as three tenners, or as high as 140 euros. We tested 40 individual models in order to identify the differences. Although Intel's fourth generation "Haswell" Core processors only offered a mod... Read more
Hardware.Info Awards 2014 - The winners
News - Friday 12/19/2014 - 04:38 AMAt the beginning of this month, we asked you as our readers for a favour, which was to cast your vote for the products/technologies that you thought were the best of the past year. We are happy to inform you that the voting is now over, as is the counting of the votes. That is, we can announce the winners of this year's Hardware.Info Awards! Below are the winners per category, as well as the runners-up. We would like to thank everyone who cast their votes, and congratulate the manufacturers... Read more
AMD FX-6300 vs. Intel Core i3 4330: Budget Gaming CPU Deathmatch
Review - Wednesday 12/17/2014 - 07:26 AMWilling to spend around 100 euros on a processor? Choosing for AMD will get you the hexa-core FX-6300, whereas Intel has the dual-core i3-4330 on offer. Which of these two is the correct choice for an affordable gaming PC? It's a discussion that has been ongoing for about two years now, in the comments on our online Budget Gaming PC Advice: what is the best CPU? We have been recommending an AMD FX-6300 processor during this entire period, over an almost identically priced Core i3. This recomme... Read more
3x Lenovo Y50-70 review: does WD's SSHD work as advertised?
Review - Saturday 12/13/2014 - 04:57 AM
This article features three almost identical laptops, but with good reason. Sometimes, you may run into somewhat unusual results while testing products, which demands additional research. This takes time, but as far as we're concerned, it's well worth the effort. We encountered such unusual results for the Lenovo Y50-70, which is why we ended up introducing a total of three test models to our test bench.Read more
103 12cm case fans review
Review - Wednesday 12/10/2014 - 09:25 AM
You have an unbelievable amount of choice if you're looking for a case fan. In order to begin creating order out of chaos, we have tested no less than 103 12cm fans, using a completely revamped test method.Read more
Civilization: Beyond Earth review: tested with 21 GPUs
Review - Sunday 12/07/2014 - 03:00 AM
Civilization: Beyond Earth, the latest instalment of Firaxis' popular Civilization franchise, was released in late October. We tested the game using 21 contemporary GPUs to determine whether it is AMD or Nvidia boards that offer the best performance for this game.Read more
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare review: tested with 21 GPUs
Review - Friday 12/05/2014 - 03:00 AM
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, the eleventh instalment of the successful Call of Duty series, was released in early November. We tested the game using 21 contemporary GPUs to determine whether it is AMD or Nvidia boards that offer the best performance for this game.Read more
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor review: tested with 21 GPUs
Review - Wednesday 12/03/2014 - 03:27 AM
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, an RPG with various action elements set in the fantasy world of Lord of the Rings, was released in late September. The game's storyline takes place between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, so odds are you'll recognize many of the characters that appear in the game from the books or the movie. We tested the game using 21 contemporary GPUs to determine whether it is AMD or Nvidia boards that offer the best performance for this game.
Vote now: Hardware.Info Awards 2014
News - Monday 12/01/2014 - 03:38 AM
Until December 15th you can vote in the Hardware.Info Awards 2014 to tell us which hardware and consumer electronics you think were the best of the past year. Hardware.Info readers nominated products for all categories, now you can tell us which are your final preferences!Read more
SSD mega round-up: Sixty 256/512 SATA600 SSDs tested
Review - Friday 11/28/2014 - 11:01 AM
Nearly all SSD manufacturers refreshed their line-up this year. Armed with the test results of sixty 240/256 and 480/512 GB models, we'll be more than able to tell you which SSDs are the best choice right now.Read more
4,5 GHz on a budget CPU: Pentium G3258 overclocking review
Review - Wednesday 11/26/2014 - 04:00 AM
Intel introduced a special anniversary edition of the Pentium G3258 processor in June 2014 (click here to read our initial review) This special edition is unlocked so very easy to overclock, something that is unique for a processor that is less than 100 euros; we check is this is the ideal processor for a cheap but powerful PC.Read more
Workshop: making your PC as energy efficient as possible
Review - Monday 11/24/2014 - 04:00 AM
Although PCs have steadily grown more energy efficient over the last few years, there's still room for improvement. We tried to find out how you can make a Haswell system as efficient as possible. We first tried using different components, then attempted tweaking various (BIOS) settings, and finally tried undervolting.Read more
Home server - November 2014
PC Buyer's Guide - Saturday 11/22/2014 - 09:00 AMThe home server. It's subject to heated debate on Hardware.Info. Opinions differ widely on subjects like the necessity for keeping the design compact, the advantage of hot-swap bays, acceptable energy consumption, how much CPU power is needed, what type of storage and so on. It's safe to say that the "ideal home server" does not exist, because its intended use differs widely among our readers. This doesn't mean that we can't provide a good guide to effective home servers. There are two option... Read more
11 high-end DDR3 memory kits review
Review - Friday 11/21/2014 - 02:45 AM
Manufacturers such as Corsair, Adata, and Team are flooding the market with memory kits that are incredibly fast... in theory. But are these DDR3-2800 kits any good? Based on our test of 11 memory kits, they end up falling short of our expectations.Read more
[Pro] Thecus combines Windows with NAS
Review - Monday 11/17/2014 - 03:55 AMThecus has presented three new products recently, that are different to what we normally see from this manufacturer. Next to the usual professional storage server solutions Thecus has introduced three cheaper products based on Windows Storage Server R2 Essentials. The colourful new series of products. The new products are positioned next to the already existing Linux based NAS products that Thecus already has on the market, and are specifically aimed at companies that are looking for a simpler... Read more
Budget Game PC - November 2014
PC Buyer's Guide - Sunday 11/16/2014 - 11:59 PMThe Hardware.Info Budget Game PC Advice has a balanced configuration for playing video games, without having to spend too much. The components have been selected to offer the best bang for your buck. That means you cannot always expect the highest settings, resolution and frame rate, but at the same time you should be able to play all modern games in Full HD resolution without making huge concessions to either the image quality or your enjoyment of the game. Unlike previous Budget Game PC... Read more
Synology DS415+ review: quad-core NAS
Review - Friday 11/14/2014 - 11:17 AM
A few weeks ago, Synology hosted a conference in Amsterdam. Apart from the new DSM 5.1, Synology also introduced the DS415+, a new top-of-the-line model with room for up to four hard drives, and a direct successor to the DS412+.Read more
DJI set to release Inspire 1 drone with folding double T-frame - update
News - Wednesday 11/12/2014 - 11:55 AM
Yesterday, DJI released a new teaser video for their upcoming 'Inspire 1' drone, showing glimpses of an all new curved body with a camera mounted below. Even though the manufacturer of the popular Phantom quadcopters (interview) is eager to release as little actual information as possible, quite a few details about the much anticipated quadcopter have leaked over the past few days.Read more
HD Video Editing PC - November 2014
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The chief of Syria's air defence forces, General Hussein Ishaq, has been killed in combat near Damascus, a security official has told news agencies.
The general died on Saturday of wounds suffered when rebels attacked Syrian air defence headquarters near the town of Mleiha, a key battleground southeast of the capital.
He is one of the few top-ranking officers whose deaths have been announced during Syria's three-year war.
The army's entire arsenal and forces are deployed in Damascus's war against rebels seeking to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, whose regime brands the uprising as a foreign-backed "terrorist" plot.
"The regime's air defence force is to face a possible US attack, but in this war it is using its firepower against the rebels," Syrian Observatory for Human Rights director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.
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Abdel Rahman called Ishaq's death an "important psychological blow" to the regime.
For more than a month, the army backed by the Lebanese Shia group, Hezbollah, has been battling to recapture Mleiha, a strategic rebel bastion.
Mleiha has been under siege for more than a year, and under near-constant bombardment for more than a month.
The UK-based Observatory, an anti-government monitoring group, said that despite initial regime advances in Mleiha, the rebels have recovered ground, retaking several buildings around the central town hall.
While the army remains in control of Damascus, rebels still hold a number of towns and villages on the outskirts, despite a suffocating blockade and frequent air strikes and shelling.
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LONDON -- Europa Oil & Gas has announced a farm-in agreement with a subsidiary of independent exploration and production company Kosmos Energy for its two licensing options, LO 11/7 and LO 11/8, in the South Porcupine basin offshore Ireland.
Under the terms of the agreement, Kosmos will acquire an 85% interest and be appointed as operator of both licenses, will fully fund the costs of a 3D seismic program on each license and will pay 85% of costs incurred by Europa to date.
Contingent upon an election of the companies to enter into a subsequent exploration drilling phase on one or both of the blocks, Kosmos will also incur 100% of the costs of the first exploration well on each block. The first exploration wells on LO 11/7 and LO 11/8 have investment caps of $90 million and $110 million, respectively. Costs in excess of the investment cap would be shared between Kosmos (85%) and Europa (15%).
As set out in the Europa's technical update announcement from January, in respect of these licenses, the company commenced the farm-out process with the objective of finding a partner with the technical and financial resources, and the strategic intent, to pioneer a new hydrocarbon play in a deepwater frontier basin. The transaction with Kosmos represents the successful conclusion of this process. The completion of the farm-in agreement remains subject to Irish governmental approval.
LO 11/7 and LO 11/8 each cover an area of approximately 1,000 sq km in the highly prospective South Porcupine basin offshore Ireland. The licenses have been mapped using existing 2D seismic data and are undrilled. Europa's technical work to date has identified two previously unknown prospects in the Lower Cretaceous stratigraphic play: Mullen in LO 11/7 and Kiernan in LO 11/8.
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Splitsville's menu offers new gluten-free options
Splitsville, the bowling alley at Downtown Disney, is adding some new and tasty gluten-free food to its menu.
"We considered a separate menu, but decided to integrate the gluten-free dishes into the regular menu," Splitsville co-founder Mark Gibson told the Disney Blog. "So many of our guests are eating gluten-free these days, we wanted our featured 'GF' items to have great flavor and appeal – we didn't want to simply reconstruct existing dishes."
Some of the gluten-free dishes are fiesta chicken rice bowls, steak fajita, pizza, salad, buffalo chicken, sushi and a turkey BLT salad.
Next to each food item is a 'GF' symbol to show the customers what foods are gluten-free prior to ordering.
"We're amazed how many guests are eating gluten free," said Gibson. "It's now regarded as a better-for-you choice rather than just an option for those with gluten intolerance, and we wanted our menu to reflect this dietary trend with diversity and flavor."
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Are certain events conspiring to make this the Cubs' year?
BY KYLE KOSTER | COMMENTARY February 24, 2011 5:33PM
Don't hear much about Ryne Sandberg anymore since Mike Quade has taken the helm in Cubdom. | AP
It's that time again.
That point in late winter, with spring on the horizon, when Cubs fans set aside the logistics and obstacles and allow themselves to think, "OK, this year is going to be different."
Call it a long-running pre-Spring fling.
And certain events of the last week certainly could serve as a catalyst for such optimism.
First, there's onetime ace Carlos Zambrano and his self-diagnosis, claiming he's cured his staid anger-management issues. After regressing from his once-feared plateau, the mercurial right-hander won his last eight starts last year. This is going to be the year he puts it all together again, right fans?
Then the excitement -- well, as much excitement as there can be for a middle-aged coach -- about the leadership of Mike Quade. He surely is the mouthwash to remove the foul taste a string of underachieving seasons has left, right?
Additionally -- and perhaps more importantly -- is the uncertainty that seems to have befallen the St. Louis Cardinals.
There's the Albert Pujols contract talks that are dragging on and, unless something changes quickly, won't be resolved before the season. The company line, of course, is that this won't be a distraction. It might not be, but since this is the time for optimism and overreaction, allow yourself to wonder if it is?
Searching for trouble when there is none may be a product of too much sports-talk radio, but when the situation has gone to the point where the club's fiercest rivals, the Cubs, are saying they'd be interested in inking the future Hall of Famer, it's not something to be ignored.
Add to that the news of staff ace Adam Wainwright's injury and the people of St. Louis suddenly have a lot to deal with a month before the season even kicks off. Unless a second opinion changes the current situation, Wainwright will be forced to undergo Tommy John surgery and miss the entire year.
No, the Cardinals are not the reigning NL Central champs. There's still the issue of the Cincinnati Reds and a bolstered-up Milwaukee Brewers team. It's not going to be easy -- and it's not going to be expected -- but the Cubs' path to the postseason had to have gotten a little easier this week.
How passable that road remains is the bigger question.
Annoying or endearing, holding on to optimism, misplaced or otherwise, is a Cubs hallmark.
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Paris Opera district, an Apple Store was robbed by armed and masked men on New Year's Eve. This also happened under the watchful noses of Paris' riot police men patrolling the nearby Champs Elysees. Report claims that a group of armed and masked men took off with £780,000 or One Million Euros worth of Apple products.
The group forced their way to the shop's back entrance at 9PM last night. This is about three hours after the store closed and it also happened as the janitor was leaving the shop. The poor janitor was 'lightly injured' in the said event last night.
The thieves opted to steal stocked materials instead of taking with them displayed iPhones, iPads, and Macs. A parked truck was noticed nearby and was used as the group's getaway vehicle.
French police representative Christophe Crepin said: "They prepared their coup pretty well." Crepin also noted that it was quite easy to escape the area due to large boulevards nearby and that it led to different parts of the city.
Police source said that there was no shortage of security forces in that area during New Year's Eve and in fact there were added riot police from out of town to patrol crowded areas in the likes of Champs Elysees (where there were 300,000 people who celebrated New Year's Eve).
Police source said: "A police presence is put in place every New Year's near the Eiffel Tower, Trocadero, and Champs-Elysees, but that doesn't intervene at all with the regular security on duty in other parts of Paris".
Now, how many iPhone 5s or iPads and Macs have been stolen last New Year's Eve in Paris? There is still no official report from both the Store manager and the Paris' Police.
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For those who want to end their evening in a cozy mind-palace for two.
Before embarking on yet another interminable vacation, Sherlock packs in a rewarding mystery and says hello to a familiar face.
"I like the fact that [the Coens] are at least onboard."
He'll play a small-town insurance salesman.
The week before Christmas, we're gazing at Jennifer Lawrence, a sad Anne Hathaway, and One Direction with puppies.
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The second season of Masterpiece Mystery!'s Sherlock debuts this Sunday.
Martin Freeman, what are you doing?
Welcome to the Shire, Tim Canterbury.
Many of the franchise's new players (including Martin Freeman) got together for a press conference today.
Two iconic books, one Jim Halpert progenitor.
It's a nice distraction from that nasty battle he's having with a New Zealand union.
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|7th Apr 2000, 03:10 AM
i think some people are working on a SWAT mod.
"And since I am the ranking officer on this ship, if you don't like it, you can go to hell."
|7th Apr 2000, 01:08 PM
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I know I'm not the only one that's riveted by COPS on weekend nights, so what does the community think about a UT mod that pits the COPS against the GANGSTERS (no, not KingPin), such that if you're a COP, your plan is to gun down the gangsters or put them in Jail like a JailBreak mod.
I think it has merit, but was curious if anyone else is interested in the idea. TIA,
|8th Apr 2000, 08:08 PM
For a moment I thought you were referring to "Central Organization of Police Specialists", a cartoon from the early '80s, but that would be too good to be true.
-Wolf Blackstar
"A chainsaw! find some meat!"
PuF: Bring on the pain!
|12th Apr 2000, 06:24 PM
Well, if anything it would be a good idea for a clan-type group of players who "police" the servers of llamas, campers, and overall those using llama tactics. For example, that Gouryella who called Xylene a c*nt over on the UT forum. Or that guy a_nuke (see the UT forum. EIther way, 'hope that made sense...
"next event... synchronized screaming!"
|14th Apr 2000, 12:08 AM
Damn I'm glad that thread is finally locked. Even though I posted about 5 replies to it.
I've been thinking of starting up a clan like that, myself. Only problem is the names:
PuP Planet Unreal Police? Nahh... too corny
PuPB: Planet Unreal Punishment Battalion: name sounds good,
but tag still seems corny.
PuF|P? Nope.
PuF|EsP: Planet Unreal Forums - Enforcement Specialist Platoon! That sounds kinda nice. I dunno.
I know many of us want to "punish" people like that, it would be much better than flaming, but I don't know if a clan built specifically on the mission of hunting and slaughtering lamers would hold together for very long.
Just a few thoughts of mine on that subject.
-Wolf Blackstar
"A chainsaw! find some meat!"
PuF: Bring on the pain!
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|14th Apr 2000, 04:24 AM
he wolf that would be great have a ut police.
and as for the name, how about
folk - force of llama killers
wla - whip llamas ***
les - llama elimination squad
tell me if your starting one, I WANT IN IT.
i'm not so good but i sure like to try.
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|14th Apr 2000, 01:03 PM
I'm seriously considering it. I'd need some powerful LPB's, and a good XO (second-in-command), preferably someone with more free time than myself, to help organize.
-Wolf Blackstar
"A chainsaw! find some meat!"
PuF: Bring on the pain!
|15th Apr 2000, 07:31 PM
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Yo man i wanna join too =) email: firstname.lastname@example.com
|18th Apr 2000, 03:22 AM
any news on that UT COPS clan yet?
if you could mail some news to email@example.com i would be very glad!
THiS iS THe WoRD FRoM THE GReaT HeLL BRiNGeR
|20th Apr 2000, 12:30 PM
Here's what keeps me from starting it right now:
<LI> Commitments - once a week is the best that I could do
<LI> Other projects - I have my hands full making skins and voices right now.
<LI> I don't think I could coordinate the OGL matches. I just don't have the time.
If someone here has the time and responsibility to do this, by all means, go ahead.
-Wolf Blackstar
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It was another cool and damp afternoon in Winnipeg, but when it came to fashion, the outcome was not so miserable. The chilly weather allowed for many outdoor shoppers to wear their winter clothing. There is irony to be found in Winnipeg Spring shopping. Display windows show off colorful, floral prints in tops and dresses. For locals, these tempting fashions go beyond realism and are somewhat of a distant dream. Our world consists of splashing around in deep, muddy potholes, and all I can picture is how dirty these garments will get in the mucky streets of the Peg. As I sat in Second Cup looking out the window, I noticed how optimistic and determined our city is to make the most out of this Spring weather… by filling the Cafe's patio. This is despite it being only a high of plus 8 without a spot of sunlight. It appears our attitude reflects the thinking that "if this is as good as it is going to get, we better make the most of it- and treat Spring like the rest of the world does". I certainly admire how relentless we are to enjoy the season despite the weather- if the rest of the world gets the perks of Spring, so shall we!
Recently, "Paper Doll Clothing" opened a boutique in the Exchange District and I wanted to make a point of going to check out the "shiny new penny" so-to-speak. I was given the chance to meet the amicable owners and pitch to them my future project idea that could involve their store! I must say, their boutique was magical; offering a variety of fanciful, flirty, and feminine fashion pieces that I enjoyed sifting through. The store owners were incredibly accommodating, especially when I described a style of earring I was in search of. See image (below) to view the great choice they picked out for me. feathered earrings. A great drawing point for "Paper Doll Clothing" is their pricing, which is extremely reasonable. I would highly recommend any girls looking for escort, or even grad dresses, to check out "Paper Doll Clothing's" new stock this season. Also, see the fantastic ring I purchased for Spring!
On the vintage side of things, I made a point of popping into one of my favourite Winnipeg vintage stores "Vintage Glory"; also located in the Exchange District. Success (in the form of purchases) tends to follow me whenever I visit "Vintage Glory", and today was no exception. I left with a red, Christian Dior cardigan/jacket. In all honesty, at first glance it had no hanger-appeal… even the colour did not appeal to me. However, once I spot a Dior, I have to try it on — and like I said, designer clothing seems to fit magically (or perhaps it is just in my head) but I think it is divine! It was love at first wear. I also picked up an authentic, wool army sweater, made in 1953 and it fits great too!
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You've finished your final papers, aced those exams, and are ready to rock that cap and gown. Now it's time for the really fun partpicking out graduation presents! Check out these awesome grad gift ideas for you or your friends.
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Love your half, love the world!
Let's make it differently. Let's make it more generous toward the world. For this Valentine's day let' imagine there is no need to say no and let's say yes to every person that asks for money in the street for a courtesy in the office. And let's make it even more proactive, start giving without people even asking.
- Take old clothes from your closet and give them to goodwill
- Leave a $5 tip for a $2 coffee
- Introduce yourself to someone you see every day but have never said hello to
- Bring in lunch for your co-workers
- Give someone a compliment
These are proposal by Sasha Ditcher who started the initiative to reboot valentine's day into generosity day.
Don't think about what is the best way to give, shut down our smart giving attitude for a day and just be generous. Then see how you feel.
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"The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving."
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A man was in stable condition Saturday night after being shot and then crashing a car into the front porch of a home day care center.
Police said a man was shot in the neck on Whetzel Avenue in Madisonville at about 3 p.m. Saturday. He drove off in a car but crashed into the home. No one was injured inside the house.
The man was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. No arrests have been made.
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Unites States of America v. Apple, Inc. et al
Filing 115
MEMORANDUM OF LAW in Support re: 114 MOTION to Intervene for Purposes of Appeal.. Document filed by Bob Kohn. (Brower, Steven)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK __________________________________________ ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, v. APPLE, INC., HACHETTE BOOK GROUP, INC., HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS, L.L.C. VERLAGSGRUPPE GEORG VON HOLTZBRINK PUBLISHERS, LLC d/b/a MACMILLAN, THE PENGUIN GROUP, A DIVISION OF PEARSON PLC, PENGUIN GROUP (USA), INC. and SIMON & SCHUSTER, INC., Defendants. Civil Action No.12-CV-2826 (DLC) MEMORANDOM OF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION BY BOB KOHN FOR LEAVE TO INTERVENE FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF APPEAL i Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................ 1 INTERESTS OF MOVANT ......................................................................................................................... 3 ARGUMENT ................................................................................................................................................ 5 I. MOVANT SHOULD BE PERMITTED TO INTERVENE FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF APPEAL .......................................................................................................................................... 5 A. Movant Would Aid the Court in Making Its Public Interest Determination ............................. 6 B. Movant Has Presented Serious Issues Regarding the Propriety of the Decree Entered by This Court .......................................................................................................................................... 6 C. Movant Is Well-Situated to Demonstrate That the Proposed Final Judgment is Contrary to the Dictates of the Tunney Act ........................................................................................................ 6 II. MOVANT FULLY MEETS THE PERMISSIVE INTERVENTION CRITERIA OF FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 24(b) ........................................................................................... 9 A. The Present Motion is Timely Made ....................................................................................... 10 B. Movant Has a Claim or Defense That Shares With The Main Action A Common Question of Law or Fact.............................................................................................................................. 10 C. Intervention will not Unduly Delay or Prejudice the Adjudication of the Rights of the Original Parties ........................................................................................................................ 15 D. This Motion States the Grounds for Intervention and Otherwise Satisfies the Requirements of Rule 24(c) ................................................................................................................................ 16 CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................................................... 17 ii Table of Authorities CASES Broadcast Music v. CBS, 441 U.S. 1 (1979)..................................................................................................................2 Flying J Inc. v. Van Hollen, 578 F.3d 569 (7th Cir. 2009) ...........................................................................................10 FTC. v. Indiana Fed'n of Dentists, 476 U.S. 447, 459 (1986),......................................................................................2 Massachusetts School of Law at Andover, Inc. v. United States, 118 F.3d 776 (D.C. Cir. 1997) ....................... passim Massachusetts v. Microsoft Corp., 373 F.3d 1199 (D.C. Cir. 2004) ............................................................. 1, 5, 15, 16 McCarthy v. Kleindienst, 741 F.2d 1406 (D.C.Cir. 1984) ..........................................................................................16 SEC v. United States Realty & Improvement Co., 310 U. S. 434, 459 (1940) ............................................................14 United States v. American Tel. & Tel. Co., 552 F.Supp. 131 (D.D.C. 1982)............................................................. 1, 5 United States v. Keyspan Corp., 783 F. Supp.2d 633 (S.D.N.Y. 2011)................................................................. 3, 4, 6 United States v. LTV Corp., 746 F.2d 51 (D.C.Cir. 1984) ......................................................................................... 5, 6 United States v. Thomson Corp., 1997-1 Trade Cas. (CCH) ¶71,735, 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1893 at *15 (D.C.C. February 27, 1997) ....................................................................................................................................................2 STATUTES Tunney Act, 15 U.S.C. §16(b) .......................................................................................................................................9 Tunney Act, 15 U.S.C. §16(f)(3) ............................................................................................................................... 1, 9 RULES ANTITRUST GUIDELINES FOR THE LICENSING OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (DOJ/FTC 1995) ...................................11 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 23 .....................................................................................................................4 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 24 ........................................................................................................... passim Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 7 .....................................................................................................................16 ARTICLES & TREATISES Al Kohn & Bob Kohn, KOHN ON MUSIC LICENSING (Wolters Kluwer, 4th Edition 2002) ............................................7 William M. Landes & Richard A. Posner, THE ECONOMIC STRUCTURE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (Harvard University Press, 2003) ...........................................................................................................................................12 PUBLIC COMMENTS Comments of Bob Kohn (ATC-0143, May 30, 2012), 12-02826 (DLC) .......................................................... 1, 2, 6, 7 COURT DOCUMENTS Amicus Brief of Bob Kohn, 12-cv-2826, Docket No. 110 (September 4, 2012) ............................................................2 Complaint, 12-02826 (DLC) (Docket No. 1) (April 11, 2012).................................................................. 12, 13, 14, 15 Motion for Leave to Participate as Amicus Curiae, 12-cv-2826, Docket No. 97 (August 13, 2012) ............................7 Opinion & Order re: Final Judgment, 12-2826, (Docket No. 113) (September 6, 2012) .............................. 1, 4, 16, 18 Opinion & Order, 12-02826 (Docket No. 108) (August 28, 2012)............................................................................ 1, 7 Proposed Amicus Brief of Bob Kohn, 12-cv-2826, Docket No. 97 (August 13, 2012) ........................................ 2, 7, 13 iii INTRODUCTION Bob Kohn, on his own behalf and through his pro bono attorneys pursuant to 15 U.S.C. §16(f)(3) and Rule 24 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, respectfully submits this memorandum in support of his motion for leave to intervene for the sole purpose of appeal. Movant submitted to the Department of Justice extensive comments 1 objecting to the proposed Final Judgment and later was granted leave to participate as amicus curiae in proceedings before this Court. 2 With a Final Judgment now entered, 3 Movant moves for leave to intervene solely for the purpose of seeking appellate review of such entry by the United States Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit. In this Tunney Act proceeding, the public comments were "both voluminous and overwhelmingly negative." U.S. v. Apple, Inc. et.al., Opinion & Order at 19 (September 6, 2012). "More than 90 percent of the 898 comments opposed entry of the proposed Final Judgment." Id. Many of the comments were "very thoughtful." Id. When a Tunney Act settlement is presented with serious and thoughtful opposition, federal courts have routinely authorized post-judgment intervention for purpose of appeal by individuals or organizations who submitted comments to the Justice Department during the Tunney Act proceedings. See, Massachusetts v. Microsoft Corp., 373 F.3d 1199, 1234-36 (D.C. Cir. 2004); United States v. American Tel. & Tel. Co., 552 F.Supp. 131 (D.D.C. 1982), aff'd mem. sub. nom. Maryland v. United States, 460 U.S. 101 (1983). Though the Court has disagreed with the substantive arguments advanced by Movant in his comments and amicus curiae brief, Movant respectfully submits that the issues to be raised 1 Comments of Bob Kohn (ATC-0143, May 30, 2012). Opinion & Order, No. 12-2826 (Docket No. 108) (August 28, 2012). 3 Opinion & Order re: Final Judgment, No. 12-2826, (Docket No. 113) (September 6, 2012). Actual entry of Final Judgment was imminent at the time of this writing. 2 1 on its appeal constitute serious and credible applications of U.S. Supreme Court and Second Circuit precedent that must not be ignored if the public interest is to be secured. Where the issues raised are important, "their presentation to the Court of Appeals should not be foreclosed by this Court." United States v. Thomson Corp., 1997-1 Trade Cas. (CCH) ¶71,735, 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1893 at *15 (D.C.C. February 27, 1997). Movant, like millions of consumers, has a vital interest in competitive markets for ebooks and the e-book readers and systems that support them. That vital interest necessarily includes an interest, not in what the government contends are low prices, but rather in efficient prices for e-books. The purported public interest in "low" prices was fabricated by the Justice Department with a now discredited citation. See, Amicus Brief of Bob Kohn at 2 (Docket No. 110) and proposed Amicus Brief of Bob Kohn at 23 (Docket No. 97). As Movant has pointed out to this Court, the government's position on this point is contrary to the law of the Second Circuit and most other federal jurisdictions that have considered the issue. 4 Should the proposed Final Judgment result in what the government's stated intention—lowering certain e-book prices to below marginal cost—millions of consumers will be harmed. Moreover, since none of the parties have raised, or even responded to, these issues, it is unlikely that any party, should they seek to appeal the entry of judgment, will raise them for consideration by the Court of Appeals. In fact, the non-setting defendants may have already 4 In its Opinion & Order dated September 5, 2012, the Court appeared to base its reply solely upon Movant's comments filed during the 60-day comment period, with virtually no reference to his amicus brief (Docket No. 110), and clearly no reference to his proposed amicus brief (Docket No. 97). The proposed 25-page amicus brief had specifically anticipated the Court's narrow interpretation of Broadcast Music v. CBS, 441 U.S. 1 (1979), using an important reference in the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in FTC. v. Indiana Fed'n of Dentists, 476 U.S. 447, 459 (1986) as an example. In that case, the high court extended the coverage of Broadcast Music beyond per se to the rule of reason. DOJ sidestepped the relevance of Indiana Fed'n of Dentists with a non-sequitur, (see. Docket No. 111 at fn 3), and no reference is to be found to the Indiana Fed'n of Dentists case in the Court's Opinion & Order. Moreover, the Court did not take the opportunity to address in its Opinion & Order the fact that the literal horizontal price-fixing in Broadcast Music was sustained by the need to countervail the monopsony in that case (other than making a factual reference in footnote 14 of its Opinion & Order that amicus had raised the "monopsony" power issue in this case). 2 taken positions that would foreclose their credibly raising these issues on appeal. For example, all three non-settling Defendants have suggested that the Defendants' conduct has resulted in lower e-book prices. The premise of the argument Movant has made, and will raise on appeal, is that Defendants' conduct, as alleged, resulted in higher prices for some e-books—a result which is good for consumers. Even the Justice Department—while ignoring the substantive legal issues raised by Movant—still characterized Movant's comments as coming from a "unique perspective." Accordingly, without Movant's intervention, "no party will be in a position to present these issues to the Court of Appeals." Thomson, supra (emphasis added). For these reasons, this intervention is essential to "ensure that the Final Judgment is properly tested in the appellate crucible" Id (emphasis added). INTERESTS OF MOVANT Being that the "remedy" contained in the decree is now purported to be in the public interest, it is only appropriate that a member of the public be allowed to seek appellate review of such remedy on the grounds that the decree is not in the public interest—especially under these circumstances. In this context, it is extremely important to appreciate that an appeal of this case will hinge upon not whether the Department of Justice has "vigorously and faithfully" represented the interest of consumers. That is, the proposed appeal would not concern whether the Final Judgment adequately or effectively addresses the anticompetitive harms alleged, but will question the factual foundation upon which the government used to identify the alleged "harms." As demonstrated in Movant's proposed amicus brief and amicus brief, the government could not, as a matter of law, have reached a conclusion that Defendants' conduct was harmful to 3 consumer welfare, and without that, under Keyspan, 5 the government's conclusions could not have been reasonable. Accordingly, as well-intentioned as the DOJ may have embarked upon this action, it can no more "vigorously and faithfully" further the interests of consumers than a doctor in the course of committing malpractice can "vigorously and faithfully" further the interest of his or her patient. Under the Tunney Act, the Justice Department is not the final arbiter as to whether it is committing civic malpractice. The courts are. Given that the District Court has determined that the proposed Final Judgment is in the public interest, then it should permit a non-party wellsituated to seek appellate review of the Court's decision. Movant's arguments in this matter have been completely focused on the public interest, taking the perspective of consumers of e-books and the public generally. Movant is directly affected by the Final Judgment, having purchased e-books before and after the effect of the agency model, not unlike millions of other consumers of e-books. Indeed, had this motion to intervene been filed as a "class action" on behalf the class of consumers affected by the proposed Final Judgment, all of the prerequisites set forth in Rule 23(a) and (b) may well have been satisfied. 6 Movant is well-situated to intervene for the purpose of demonstrating to the Court of Appeals that the Court's public interest determination is contrary to the dictates of the Tunney Act. Movant believes he is uniquely qualified to assist the Court in appreciating the nature of the 5 United States v. Keyspan Corp., 783 F. Supp.2d 633 (S.D.N.Y. 2011). Under Rule 23(a), (1) the class is so numerous that joinder of all members is impracticable; (2) there are questions of law or fact common to th class; (3) the claims or defenses of the representatives parties are typical of the claims or defenses of the class, and (4) the representative parties will fairly and adequately protect the interests of the class. Further, suffice it to say that Movant also believes that all of the criteria for maintenance of the class under Rule 23(b)(1), (2), or (3) would be satisfied. Though Movant is not formally seeking to represent a class—sparing the parties and the Court the time and expense of satisfying and adjudicating the remaining requirements of Rule 23— Movant nevertheless hopes to be heard as furthering the interests of millions consumers of e-books and e-books systems who would be victims of the Final Judgment. 6 4 markets in which e-book transactions occur and the countervailing pro-competitive effects of Defendants' conduct—critical elements of the factual foundation of the government's decisions and essential to the Court's determination, under the Keyspan standard of review, about whether government's conclusions regarding the proposed settlement are reasonable. Movant has approached the issues in this proceeding specifically from the perspective of the public interest in the promotion of competition and innovation—especially as it concerns, as it does in this case, copyrighted works of authorship disseminated in digital form. As a consumer of digital goods, author of a treatise on copyright, and founder and CEO of technology companies directly involved in the digital distribution of music and e-books, Movant as a unique perspective to provide in the appellate review of the Court's entry of judgment. ARGUMENT I. MOVANT SHOULD BE PERMITTED TO INTERVENE FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF APPEAL Tunney Act commentators who wish to appeal entry of a government antitrust settlement must first seek intervenor status in the district court. United States v. LTV Corp., 746 F.2d 51 (D.C.Cir. 1984). [T]hose who object to entry of a consent judgment must seek to intervene in the proceedings (either before or after entry of the judgment) as a condition of taking an appeal. Id. at 53; see also, Massachusetts v. Microsoft Corp., 373 F. 3d 1199, 1234-36 (2004); United States v. American Tel. & Tel. Co., 642 F.2d 1285, 1290 (D.C. Cir. 1980). Movant should be permitted to intervene in this action solely for purposes of appeal, because Movant (a) would aid the court in making its public interest determination, (b) has presented serious issues regarding the propriety of the proposed Final Judgment, (c) is well- 5 situated to demonstrate that the Final Judgment is contrary to the dictates of the Tunney Act, and (c) fully meets the permissive intervention criteria of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24(b). A. Movant Would Aid the Court in Making Its Public Interest Determination To gain status as an intervenor, the would-be appellant must first establish that participation by the intervenor would aid the court in making its public interest determination under the APPA [i.e., the Tunney Act] LTV, 746 F.2d at 53. This Court has already made such a finding with regard to Movant in permitting his participation as amicus curiae. Opinion & Order at Docket No. 108. Movant had set forth the reasons why he believes he would aid the Court in making its public interest determination in his Motion for Leave to Participate as Amicus Curiae. See, Docket No. 97; see also, discussion infra. Even if the Court had ruled that Movant would not aid the District Court, Movant respectfully submits that it would aid the Court of Appeal in its review of the District Court's public interest determination. B. Movant Has Presented Serious Issues Regarding the Propriety of the Decree Entered by This Court In the Comments of Bob Kohn, and in his proposed amicus curiae brief and amicus brief, Movant raised serious issues that called into question whether the proposed decree, which has been entered by this Court unchanged, is in the public interest. Applying the standard of review followed by this Court in Keyspan, Movant showed that the factual foundation of the government's decisions were such that its conclusions about the proposed remedy were unreasonable. C. Movant Is Well-Situated to Demonstrate That the Proposed Final Judgment is Contrary to the Dictates of the Tunney Act One seeking to intervene for purposes of appellate review to "correct a district court's 'public interest' determination when the record indicates the determination is contrary to the 6 dictates of the Tunney Act" should be any "non-party well-situated to demonstrate that this is so." Massachusetts School of Law at Andover, Inc. v. United States, 118 F.3d 776, 785 (D.C. Cir. 1997) (Judge Wald, concurring) (hereinafter, "MSL"). During the course of Movant's 30-year career–working for entertainment, computer software, and internet companies–he has had responsibility and oversight for several high profile antitrust matters involving the adoption by consumers of technology products and copyrighted works, which operated in conjunction with each other, in a multi-sided market prone to attempted monopolization by dominant systems providers. These matters directly concerned the intersections between copyright and antitrust law as they relate to the public interest in promoting innovation and competition. Movant has testified on these subjects before both the FTC (1995) and joint hearings held by the DOJ and the FTC (2002). 7 Movant is co-author of KOHN ON MUSIC LICENSING (Wolters Kluwer, 4th Edition 2002) , cited by the U.S. Supreme Court 8, the Second Circuit 9, the Sixth Circuit 10, and the Southern District of New York. 11 Movant has testified as an expert before the District Court in In Re Application of AOL, RealNetworks and Yahoo! (related to United States v. ASCAP), 559 F.Supp.2d 332 (S.D.N.Y. 2008) (a rate hearing in which Movant provided testimony to the late District Judge William C. Conner on how music is transmitted and marketed on the Internet). 12 7 See,Testimony of Robert H. Kohn, Hearings of the Federal Trade Commission on the Changing Nature of Competition (panel on "Networks, Standards, Foreclosure, Strategic Conduct") http://www.ftc.gov/opp/global/bobkohn.shtm (Washington, D.C., November 29, 1995). Cited in, Antitrust for High Tech Companies (Prepared Remarks of Susan DeSanti, Director of Policy Planning, Federal Trade Commission) http://www.ftc.gov/speeches/other/desanti1.shtm (San Francisco, February 2, 1996). See, Testimony of Robert H. Kohn, DOJ/FTC Joint Hearings on "Competition and Intellectual Property Law and Policy in the Knowledge-Based Economy" http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2002/02/ipsecond.shtm (Berkeley, California, February 27, 2002). 8 Eldred v. Ashcroft, 57 U.S. 186 (2003). 9 Woods v. Bourne, 60 F.3d 978 (2d Cir. 1995); Boosey & Hawkes v. Buena Vista Home Video, 145 F.3d 481 (2d Cir. 1988). 10 Bridgeport Music v. Dimension Films, 410 F.3d 792 at fn 18 (6th Cir. 2005). 11 Fred Ahlert Music Corp. v. Warner/Chappell Music, 958 F.Supp. 170 (S.D.N.Y. 1997). 12 A more complete resume and disclosure of the amicus curiae's background, qualifications and affiliations is contained in the Comments of Bob Kohn (ATC-0143, May 30, 2012). 7 As stated in Movant's Comments, during the time Movant served as general counsel of Borland International, Inc., he was responsible for overseeing the six-year litigation of Lotus Dev. Corp. v. Borland Int'l, Inc., 516 U.S. 233 (1996), where a divided Supreme Court let stand the 1st Circuit decision that the menu-command structure of Lotus 1-2-3 was an uncopyrightable "method of operation." Lotus Dev. Corp. v. Borland Int'l, Inc., 49 F.3d 807 (1st Cir. 1995).The court adopted the "network externalities" theory raised by Borland and amicus curiae brief on appeal. The theory suggests that a single product may emerge as the de facto standard in a market, giving the proprietor of the standard a monopoly over which it may illegally exercise market power. Movant also oversaw and settled on behalf of Borland an antitrust action brought by the DOJ to stop Borland's acquisition of Ashton-Tate in 1991. This was an acquisition which the DOJ alleged would provide Borland overwhelming market share in database management software. In exchange for allowing the acquisition to proceed, the DOJ accepted Borland's offer to not enforce any copyright rights in the dBASE programming language for five years. The DOJ accepted Borland's theory that, without the ability to enforce any rights it may have had in the dominant database programming standard at the time, Borland would not be able to use the effects of network externalities to tip the database management market entirely in its favor. Also during that time, Movant was called in by both the DOJ and FTC on several occasions in connection with the government's antitrust investigation of Microsoft Corp. Movant met with four of the Commissioners of the FTC and then with the Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust of that time, Joel Klein. Beginning in the early 1990's, Borland claimed that Microsoft was leveraging their monopoly in PC operating systems to gain an illegal competitive advantage in the market for applications software, such as word processors, spreadsheets, and database 8 management software. See, Microsoft, 56 F.3d at 1453. In December, 1997, Movant co-founded eMusic (NASDAQ: EMUS), the first digital music download service to sell digital music "MP3" files for 99 cents per track, a business not unlike Amazon's Kindle or Barnes & Noble Nook platforms for e-book downloads. Movant is licensed to practice law in California and is a member in good standing of the State Bar of California. He has taught law at Monterey College of Law, Monterey, California. Movant believes he is as well-situated as any consumer, and uniquely-situated among any of the parties or other participants in this action, to demonstrate that the proposed Final Judgment is not in the public interest and that entry of the Final Judgment would be contrary to the dictates of the Tunney Act. II. MOVANT FULLY MEETS THE PERMISSIVE INTERVENTION CRITERIA OF FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 24(b) Under Rule 24(b), permissive intervention is authorized by a District Court (i) "[o]n a timely motion," (ii) when an applicant is "anyone" who "has a claim or defense that shares with the main action a common question of law or fact," and (iii) where intervention will not "unduly delay or prejudice the adjudication of the rights of the original parties." In addition, under Rule 24(c), "A motion to intervene must state the grounds for intervention and be accompanied by a pleading that sets out the claim or defense for which intervention is sought." All of these criteria are satisfied by Movant. 9 A. The Present Motion is Timely Made Under the Tunney Act, Movant could have moved to intervene at any point after the filing of this action on April 11 2012. See, 15 U.S.C. §16(f)(3)). Instead, Movant chose to first take advantage of the 60-day comment period under 15 U.S.C. §16(b) to give the DOJ an opportunity to reconsider its action, withdraw from or modify the settlement, and/or dismiss the case. The DOJ has refused to do so. On September 6, 2012, the Court ordered that the proposed Final Judgment be entered. This motion was filed the next day. A motion not filed until the district court has entered final judgment is not untimely where all the Movant wants to do is take an appeal. Flying J Inc. v. Van Hollen, 578 F.3d 569, 572 (7th Cir. 2009) (opinion by Circuit Judge Posner). B. Movant Has a Claim or Defense That Shares With The Main Action A Common Question of Law or Fact Permissive intervention is available to "anyone" who "has a claim or defense that shares with the main action a common question of law or fact." Rule 24(b)(1). First, Movant certainly qualifies as "anyone." An intervenor need not be a trade association, established issue-oriented activist group, or organization of any kind. Nor need an intervenor be a competitor of one or more of the parties or a business whose has a pecuniary or contractual interest directly affected by the decree. On the contrary, one who is seeking to intervene for purposes of appellate review to correct a district court's 'public interest' determination under the Tunney Act" may be any "non-party" well-situated to demonstrate that the district court's public interest determination is "contrary to the dictates of the Tunney Act." MSL, 118 F.3d at 785 (Judge Wald, concurring). Second, Movant has a "defense that shares with the main action a common question of law or fact." This requirement is satisfied because Movant wants to present the same defenses 10 that the Defendants presented or are available to the Defendants to present. See, Flying J Inc. v. Van Hollen, 578 F.3d 569, 573 (7th Cir. 2009). In fact, Movant and other consumers each have quite a number of defenses in common with the Defendants in the main action. For example, in the very first allegation of the Complaint and in the very last, the government mischaracterizes the goods at issue in this case (see Complaint at ¶ 1 and ¶ 99), therefore making it impossible for a court to find a rational relation to the methodology that the courts prescribe to define a market for antitrust purposes. The description of the goods at issue reads more like an advertisement for e-books than a reflection of sound antitrust policy. The antitrust policy of the United States, as embodied in the DOJ's own IP Guidelines, 13 direct that the characteristics that distinguish the intellectual property at issue from other forms of property must be taken into account in evaluating the specific market circumstances in which e-book transactions occur. For a discussion of such characteristics, see proposed Amicus Brief of Bob Kohn, 12-CV-02826 (DLC), Docket No. 97 at pp. 5-11. Movant and other consumers also deny the allegations made in Paragraph 8 of the Complaint that price and non-price competition among e-book publishers and among e-book retailrs was unlawfully eliminated to the detriment of U.S. consumers. Contrary to Paragraph 9 of the Complaint, Movant and other consumers believe the effect of the lawsuit, should it succeed, would be harmful to consumer welfare, because it seeks to undo the pro-competitive effects that Defendants' actions, as alleged, had on the markets relevant to the purchase and consumption of e-books. Contrary to Paragraph 10, Movant and other consumers believe that, as a result of Defendants' alleged conduct, it more likely than not that consumers will pay tens of millions of 13 The antitrust policy of the United States with respect to copyrighted works is set forth in the ANTITRUST GUIDELINES FOR THE LICENSING OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (DOJ/FTC 1995) (the "IP Guidelines"). 11 dollars less (not more) for e-books, that they will pay less for e-book reader devices, that they will benefit from increased innovation in those devices and in the systems platforms that support the devices and the consumption of e-books. Contrary to the government's allegations in Paragraph 25 of the Complaint, Movant and other consumers deny that e-books are "books published in electronic formats." An e-book is a string of bits of data, commonly referred to as a set of "1's and 0's," and is comprised of one or more kinds of "works of authorship," as that term is used in copyright parlance. Works of authorship may include literary works, musical works, dramatic works, pictorial works, graphic works, and other kinds of works. Unlike books, which may be read by merely holding and opening them, e-books must be read with the aid of a machine or device. Unlike a book, an ebook has no value whatsoever to consumers without the aid of a machine or device. In addition, Movant and other consumers deny knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to the truth or falsity of the allegation that e-book publishers avoid some of the expenses incurred in producing and distributing print books, including most manufacturing expenses, warehousing expenses, distribution expenses, and costs of dealing with unsold stock. The cost of producing a book has two components: (1) the cost of creating the work, which consists primarily of the author's time and effort plus the cost to the publisher of soliciting and editing the manuscript and setting it up for publication and (2) the cost of producing, distributing and accounting for the actual copies. The former is generally a fixed cost while the latter generally a variable cost. William M. Landes & Richard A. Posner, THE ECONOMIC STRUCTURE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (Harvard University Press, 2003). Contrary to the allegations in Paragraph 26 of the Complaint, while Movant and other consumers admit that we sometimes purchase e-books through Web sites of e-book retailers and 12 sometimes purchase e-books through applications loaded onto our reading devices, this is not always the case. Sometimes consumers are unable to purchase e-books though applications loaded onto our reading devices due to restrictions imposed by the seller of the devices. For example, one cannot purchase an e-book sold by Apple directly from a Kindle device. Likewise, one cannot purchase an e-book sold by Amazon within the Kindle application loaded on an Apple iPad; to do so, the consumer must open a browser on the iPad and purchase the e-book from Amazon, whereupon it can be downloaded in the Kindle application on the iPad. These differences, which the complaint glosses over with its imprecision, have important impacts upon competition in the markets concerning e-book consumption. Contrary to Paragraph 63 through 66 of the Complaint, Movant and other consumers deny that the purpose or effect of the alleged provisions of the agency model raised and stabilized e-book prices to the detriment of consumers. Whatever the purpose of the agency model was, its effect was to eliminate below marginal cost pricing of e-books, which is a result that is unmistakably good for consumers. And finally, for example, contrary to Paragraph 99 of the Complaint, consumers deny that the relevant product market for purposes of this action is "trade e-books." As addressed at length in the Comments of Bob Kohn and Movant's proposed amicus brief and amicus brief, this cannot be the market or markets that must be considered in an antitrust action brought as a result of Defendants' alleged actions. In addition to the denials and defenses consumers have in common with the main action, consumers would pose many of the same separate and additional defenses, including (1) the relief sought is not in the public interest, (2) the Complaint fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, (3) Defendants' alleged actions did not result in harm to competition, and 13 (3) the pro-competitive justifications for Defendants' alleged actions outweighed any alleged harm to competition, among others. Each and every consumer of e-books and e-book systems has been affected by Defendants' alleged conduct in a positive way. Even if some consumers, under the agency model, have paid a higher price for some e-books than they would have paid under the retail model, every consumer of e-books has benefited from (a) paying more efficient prices (e.g., prices no longer set below marginal cost) for e-books and (b) increased competition among ebook systems providers, resulting in increased innovation in e-book systems, new entrants to the e-books systems market, and lower long-term prices for e-books themselves—all of which directly resulted from Defendants' actions. By the same token, every consumer of e-books and e-book systems in the United States will become a victim of the harmful effects of the Final Judgment beginning the day it is enforced. While permissive intervention does not require "that the intervenor shall have a direct personal or pecuniary interest in the subject of the litigation" (See, SEC v. United States Realty & Improvement Co., 310 U. S. 434, 459 (1940)), Movant, like millions of other consumers, has a direct pecuniary interest in whether the proposed Final Judgment takes effect. Accordingly, each consumer of e-books, including Movant, has a "claim or defense that [he or she] shares with the main action." These claims or defenses concerning questions of law or fact in common with the main action are specifically set forth in the accompanying draft pleading submitted pursuant to Rule 24 (c). 14 C. Intervention will not Unduly Delay or Prejudice the Adjudication of the Rights of the Original Parties Under Rule 24(b)(2), the court "shall consider whether the intervention will unduly delay or prejudice the adjudication of the rights of the original parties." In MSL, the court held that, in connection with an intervention for purposes of appeal of a Tunney Act case, If the attempted intervenor shows adequate grounds for upsetting the consent judgment, then delay will be entailed (a remand for further proceedings, possibly including trial), but it would be hard to say that this delay is undue. MSL at 782. Moreover, Judge Wald homed in on this issue in his concurring opinion, which is set forth below in full (with emphasis added): I concur in the judgment and in most of the reasoning of the panel opinion. I do want to stress, however, that in my view, the application of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24(b)(2) in this case responds to the unusual nature of proceedings under the Tunney Act, Pub.L. No. 93-528, 88 Stat. 1706 (1974) (codified as amended at 15 U.S.C. § 16(b)-(h) (1994)), as well as to the fact that the would-be intervenor here appeals from the denial of a post-judgment intervention motion, and that the applicability of a similar analysis outside of this context should not be assumed. This court long ago observed that the language of Rule 24 required "other than literal application in atypical cases." Textile Workers Union v. Allendale Co., 226 F.2d 765, 767 (D.C.Cir.1955) (en banc). I believe that this is such an atypical case, and that we have therefore properly allowed for a somewhat "non-literal" application of Rule 24(b)(2). Thus, I would not expect our opinion to stand for the proposition that the process of appellate review, or of remand for the correction of errors made by the district court, may generally be treated as factors that "delay or prejudice the adjudication of the rights of the original parties" under Rule 24(b)(2). Cf. majority opinion at 782. We treat them as such here so that this court may reserve the discretion to review and correct a district court's "public interest" determination when the record indicates that the determination is contrary to the dictates of the Tunney Act and a non-party well-situated to demonstrate that this is so seeks to subject that determination to appellate review. MSL at 785 (Judge Wald, concurring). More recently, in Massachusetts v. Microsoft Corp., 373 F.3d 1199 (D.C. Cir. 2004), the Court of Appeals held that allowing the intervenors to appeal from the Tunney Act proceeding would not "unduly delay or prejudice the adjudication of the rights of the original parties." Id. at 1235-36. Intervenors in that case each submitted extensive public comments to the Justice 15 Department and filed an amicus brief with the district court. "Because the district court already confronted [the intervenors'] arguments in rendering its decision, there is no reason to fear 'issue proliferation,' 'confusion,' 'extra cost,' or 'an increased risk of error'." Massachusetts v. Microsoft at 1236 (quoting MSL, 118 F.3d at 782). Accordingly, this motion to intervene for purposes of appeal would not unduly delay or prejudice the adjudication of the rights of the original parties to this case. D. This Motion States the Grounds for Intervention and Otherwise Satisfies the Requirements of Rule 24(c) Under Rule 24(c), "A motion to intervene must state the grounds for intervention and be accompanied by a pleading that sets out the claim or defense for which intervention is sought." It is submitted that the grounds for Movant's motion to intervene are fully set forth in this Memorandum. Movant is well-situated to aid the courts in making its public interest determination and has presented serious issues regarding the propriety of the proposed Final Judgment. Moreover, as more fully set forth in this Memorandum, Movant has a direct and immediate interest in the outcome of this case and that, absent Movant's participation, appellate review of the Court's entry of judgment and "public interest" determination with reference to the issues raised by Movant may be foreclosed. While Rule 24(c) also requires that a "motion to intervene must…be accompanied by a pleading that sets out the claim or defense for which intervention is sought," (emphasis added), 14 the courts "have not be[en] hypertechnical, actually, in making sure that …potential intervenors do file a pleading." Massachusetts v. Microsoft, 373 F.3d 1199, 1250 at fn 19. Accordingly, "procedural defects in connection with intervention motions should be excused by a court." 14 Rule 7 lists the "only" pleadings allowed in Federal Court: (a) a complaint, (b) an answer to a complaint (or to a counterclaim, a cross claim, or a third-party complaint), (c) a third-party complaint, and (d) if the court orders one, a reply to an answer. 16 McCarthy v. Kleindienst, 741 F.2d 1406, 1416 (D.C.Cir. 1984). Under these "atypical" circumstances, Rule 24 requires "other than literal application." MSL, 118 F.3d at 785. Nevertheless, Movant is prepared to file an Answer to the Complaint setting forth potential defenses for which intervention is sought, should the Court so require. Because this motion to intervene is solely for the purpose of appeal, Movant respectfully requests that the Court not to require a "literal application" of Rule 24 in considering this motion and therefore not require the filing of a pleading in connection herewith. CONCLUSION For all these reasons, the Court should grant this motion and permit Movant to intervene in this case for the sole purpose of appealing the Court's Order and entry of Final Judgment. Dated: September 7, 2012 Respectfully submitted, _______________________ BOB KOHN California Bar No. 100793 140 E. 28th St. New York, NY 10016 Tel. +1.408.602.5646; Fax. +1.831.309.7222 eMail: firstname.lastname@example.com /s/ Steven Brower By: _______________________ STEVEN BROWER [PRO HAC] California Bar No. 93568 BUCHALTER NEMER 18400 Von Karman Ave., Suite 800 Irvine, California 92612-0514 Tel: +1.714.549.5150 Fax: +1.949.224.6410 Email: email@example.com Pro Bono Counsel to Bob Kohn 17


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colombia: Cartagena is becoming a growing attraction for everyone from Bill Clinton to Ivanka Trump
ColombiaŌ??s resort city Cartagena is becoming a growing attraction for everyone from Bill Clinton to Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump does. So does Bill Clinton. No, weŌ??re not talking about living in New York, but visiting Cartagena, the popular resort city on ColombiaŌ??s Caribbean coast.
Ō?ØI just spent some time in Cartagena,Ō?Ø Ivanka Trump, executive vice president of development and acquisitions at U.S.-based Trump Organization, tells Latin Business Chronicle. Ō??Increasingly my friends are going down to Cartagena for New YearŌ??s. I think itŌ??s stunning [and] beautiful. ItŌ??s a great city.Ō?Ø
The Trump Organization has looked at developing property there many times, but has no concrete plans to do so for now, she adds.
Last month, President Bill Clinton toured the city as if he was an ordinary tourist (except for those bulky Secret Service guards). It was his fourth visit to the city.
Last year, Cartagena received 141,337 foreign visitors, an increase of 6.1 percent from 2007, according to official data. That also made Cartagena the second-most popular destination in Colombia after capital Bogota. However, the numbers for Bogota are likely dominated by business travelers rather than typical tourists.
All in all, Colombia received 1.5 million visitors last year, according to ColombiaŌ??s Commerce, Industry and Tourism Minister Luis Guillermo Plata. By comparison in 2007, the country registered 1.2 million tourists. Plata did not provide figures for tourism receipts last year, but in 2007 they reached $1.7 billion, 7.4 percent increase from 2006.
The trend is continuing this year. In the first quarter, Colombia registered 7.1 percent more international visitors compared to the same period last year, the Commerce Ministry announced yesterday. Cruise arrivals in Cartagena during Easter were 75 percent higher than last year.
While Plata is content with the fact that tourism is growing, he acknowledges that the figures are still far below the potential. In 2007, for example, Colombia received fewer tourists than countries like El Salvador and Chile, while its tourism receipts were less than those of Peru and Costa Rica, according to Latin Business Chronicle rankings.
Colombian officials are therefore aggressively promoting the country. One slogan used in several campaigns says Ō??Colombia: The only risk is that you want to stay.Ō?Ø
U.S. tourists are by far the key visitor group to Colombia, accounting for 22 percent of arrivals last year. However, again most of these are likely business travelers. Venezuela comes in second, accounting for 20 percent. This is also likely a group that is heavy with business travelers.
A new trend is that cruise tourism is returning to Colombia and Cartagena. Last year, the number of cruises to Colombia grew by a whopping 63 percent to 161. Royal Caribbean returned in April 2007 after a five-year hiatus, while other cruise companies have also included the Colombian city among its destinations. Ō??We lost the cruise ships in 2002 and [now] they [have] returned,Ō?Ø Plata says. Ō??Royal Caribbean made Cartagena their port of entry.Ō?Ø
Cartagena has long attracted convention tourism and major events. The Cartagena convention center, for example, has a capacity for 1,500 people and is also home to major exhibits. Meanwhile, hotels like the Cartagena Hilton, the Sofitel Santa Clara and Hotel Las Americas also boast well-developed conference facilities.
Soon theyŌ??ll be getting some competition. The InterContinental Hotels Group plans to open a 32-story hotel next year that will be part of a mixed-use complex located in the center of the modern downtown. The Holiday Inn Express Cartagena, with 118 guestrooms and 32 suites, will offer six boardroom size meeting rooms with occupancy for 20 people each, a swimming pool, a fitness center and ample parking.
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Nice article, thanks for the share Simon
Posted on May 2, 2009
It's always my pleasure to share positive articles about Colombia.
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Bill Clinton is a positive for Colombia....i think Cartagena is better off without that POS.....=)
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My buddy and tailor extraordinaire, Edgar (and his lovely HOT daughter Vanessa) made a pile of shirts for Bill Gates when he was in Cartagena.
If you'll excuse the small thread-jack, Simon, I'll give him a little plug...
Edgar Gomez... His studio is Calle Portobelo 10 - 92 San Diago, Cartagena. Tel: 57-300-805-8753. He speaks no English.
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Hey Simon...
Anyone thinking that "La Heroica" is representative of Colombia needs his head examined...
Sure, it's a nice city, but it is as representative of Colombia as Cancun is representative of Mexico...
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CT, you mean Barrio San Diego in El Centro? i will have to look him up to do some alterations, etc.....=)
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Ivanka is the Trump daughter.
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Edgar's shop/studio (it's VERY small) is at the east end of Calle Portobelo, right across the street from the big supermarket.
Tell him you discovered him on the Internet, mentioned by Terry & Mona from Canada. He'll get a big kick out of that.
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CT....you mean Exito San Diego then? i pass by there all the time......is there a shop name or sign by any chance?
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Yup, that's the place Miguel. I forget if he has a sign... he must though. In any case it's directly south across the street from the Exito. There's a little restaurant beside it to the right, then another nice small open air salsa bar at the end of the block, towards downtown.
Edgar is a maniac. He's made clothes for presidents, poets and rock stars. He carries a pile of magazines that have articles about him in his car so that when he gets pulled over by the cops he shows them the magazines and they always let him go. I've seen it work many times.
He's the most hyper, hardest working Colombian I know and every piece he makes is still cut by hand with his antique scissors.
I don't know you money situation and you certainly don't know me but if you dropped off a six pack of Aguila from me to him then I'll pick up your whole tab anywhere you want to go in Cartagena when I'm there next. Seriously. Actually, say the beer is from Mona in Canada - he has a terrible crash in her.
All the best to you.
Simon, sorry about the thread-jack.
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Will drop it by when i check it out...not a problem at all...=) ..Aguila o Aguila Light?.......
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Miguel, when I said anywhere in Cartagena you'd like to go, I mean anywhere. You're the man.
Regular Aguila of course.
And just so you'll recognize him, he's on the right (of course) in the first photo. The second photo is his daughter who has now taken a very strong role in the business as a designer. She's a lovely gal. Very smart and very ambitious.
(And before anyone on this forum asks for an introduction: Forget it. She's WAY too classy for anyone posting here... except for maybe Bill Turley and Douglas. I'd trust those two to be perfect gentlemen... haha...)
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Simon, I trust there's enough cleavage to forgive me for the thread-jack?...
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Oh yes, the more cleavage, the better!
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CT..i will try to get by there this week...its not too far from my office, and sometimes i stop by the Exito on the way home....will let you know and will take a photo if i remember to bring my camera......=)
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You're the man. I owe you.
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ivanka is a hottie..... smart to boot.
- by they way, no way is donny t getting into colombia with a hotel/resort. the locals would never be foolish enough to let that happen.
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Hmm she's one and the same as her father's company - old news that they've already got their hooks into Colombia
2006: http://www.bestbulgarianproperties.co.uk/en_Colombian_real_estate_Donald_Trump_to_work_with_Colombian_industrialists_on_$500_million_U.S._project_3003_offnews.html
Posted on May 2, 2009
name licensing agreement only. donny is no fool and colombia is still run by the oligarchs.
- as stevie ray once said, "look at little sister". what about the neighbors, what they gonna say? maybe lacacique will correct my misstep......
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Junior Ashley Miller recorded 22 kills over the weekend as Wilmington went 0-4 at the Earlham Invitational. (Wilmington file photo)
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Julian Guillermo Serna, 24, of Munster, faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison in exchange for pleading guilty to murder resulting from the use of a deadly weapon during a violent crime, according to a plea agreement filed Friday in the U.S. District Court in Hammond.
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