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LEVINE SULLIVAN KOCH & SCHULZ, LLP
ROBERT PENCHINA (admitted
Pro Hac Vice
) rpenchina@lskslaw.com 321 West 44th Street, Suite 1000  New York, NY 10036 Telephone: (212) 850-6100 Fax: (212) 850-6299 THOMAS CURLEY (admitted
Pro Hac Vice
) tcurley@lskslaw.com 1899 L Street, N.W., Suite 200 Washington, DC 20036 Telephone: (202) 508-1138 Fax: (202) 861-8999
JASSY VICK CAROLAN LLP
KEVIN L. VICK, Cal. Bar No. 220738 kvick@jassyvick.com JEAN-PAUL JASSY, Cal. Bar No. 205513  jpjassy@jassyvick.com 6605 Hollywood Boulevard, Suite 100 Los Angeles, California 90028 Telephone: (310) 870-7048 Fax: (310) 870-7010 Attorneys for Defendant GAWKER MEDIA, LLC UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – WESTERN DIVISION QUENTIN TARANTINO, Plaintiff, v. GAWKER MEDIA, LLC, et al., Defendants. Case No. CV 14-603-JFW FFMx Judge:
 
Hon. John F. Walter
REPLY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS THE COMPLAINT
[Reply in Support of Request for Judicial  Notice filed concurrently] Date: April 14, 2014 Time: 1:30 p.m. Place: Courtroom 16
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ........................................................................................ ii I. THE COMPLAINT FAILS TO STATE A CLAIM FOR CONTRIBUTORY COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT ...................................... 2 II. GAWKER’S USE WAS FAIR USE .................................................................. 6 CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................... 12
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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Page(s) Cases
 Ashcroft v. Iqbal
, 556 U.S. 662, 129 S. Ct. 1937, 173 L. Ed. 2d 868 (2009) ............................... 3, 6
 Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly
, 550 U.S. 544, 127 S. Ct. 1955, 167 L. Ed. 2d 929 (2007) ....................................2
 Brownmark Films, LLC v. Comedy Partners
, 682 F.3d 687 (7th Cir. 2012) ................................................................................7
Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.
, 510 U.S. 569, 114 S. Ct. 1164, 127 L. Ed. 2d 500 (1994) ............................. 9, 10
 Leadsinger, Inc. v. BMG Music Publ’g
, 512 F.3d 522 (9th Cir. 2008) ........................................................................... 6, 7
 Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. v. Nintendo of America, Inc.
, 964 F.2d 965 (9th Cir. 1992) ................................................................................7
 Los Angeles News Serv. v. CBS 
, 305 F.3d 924 (9th Cir. 2002) ................................................................................8
 Monge v. Maya Magazines, Inc.
, 688 F.3d 1164 (9th Cir. 2012) ......................................................................... 8, 9
Perfect 10, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc.
, 508 F.3d 1146 (9th Cir. 2007) ..............................................................................5
Perfect 10, Inc. v. Giganews, Inc.
,  No. CV11–07098 AHM, 2013 WL 2109963 (C.D. Cal. Mar. 8, 2013) .......... 4, 5
 Religious Tech. Ctr. v. Netcom On-Line Commc’n Servs., Inc.
, 907 F. Supp. 1361 (N.D. Cal. 1995) .............................................................. 4, 10
Seltzer v. Green Day, Inc.
, 725 F.3d 1170 (9th Cir. 2013) ........................................................................... 11
Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.
, 464 U.S. 417, 104 S. Ct. 774, 78 L. Ed. 2d 574 (1984) ............................. 7, 9, 10
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