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WECLARATION OF MENAHEM GOLAN
I Menahem Golfn, declare as follows:
1. The factsistated within are based on my first hand knowledge, and, if
called as a witness, I
2. Tam 80.
director and producer.| I also wrote many soreenplays. I produced more than 200
muld and would testify competently thereto under oath.
yhars old and I reside in Tel Aviv, Israel. My occupation is:
movies all over the warld and directed approximately 50 movies.
3. Inthe laid 80s through the early 90s, I was one of the principals of Cannon
Films, Inc. (a/k/a "Cs
with Mr. Yoram Globj
grants from authors,
author. However, thei
.on Group"), a California-based production corporation together
4. Cannon's|policy was to negotiate future technologies and future medias
im as composers and lyricists, and get it in writing, signed by the
‘were instances where this was not possible or just did not
happen. For example|France and other countries statutorily regulate the ability to
assign funure media rights. In those cases, it was Cannon's policy that if the author did
not sign a specific funjre technologies clause including unknown and unforeseen
technologies or mediap, Cannon did not acquire such rights. When a motion picture was
distributed in a speciffe media such as video (VHS), Cannon treated the author's
agreement to release
agreement to distrib
.¢ motion picture on a specific media, such as video, as simply an
the motion picture containing the author's contributions on that
media only, i.e. video|alone.
3. “Snow
ite" was a motion picture produced in 1987 in Israel. It was
filmed in Israel via'g Cannon Israeli subsidiary (at the time) "G.G. Israel Studios
Jerusalem, Ltd.", whi¢h provided production services and facilities. The general
manager was Itzik it who is a resident of Israel. My role was to generally oversee
the progress. Mr. Ko]
recruited composer Arik Rudich to compose the music for Snow
White. The negotialigns were between Mr. Kol and Rudich in Israel, and reported to
me by Kol.
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6. Rudich ins|sted on a contract that spelled out his freelance status and
reservation of residuary|copyrights to himself, Rudich insisted on collecting 100% of
the publishing royalties|from his music worldwide, and Itzik Kol promised him that
Cannon will protect hisleopyrights to his music worldwide, so that he can rely on
Cannon to take the step necessary to protect his copyrights wherever the music would
be exploited.
7. Due to adrhinistrative overload in our operations in California the
preparation of such agrfement was delayed, and no agreement was eventually sent to
the author, Rudich, Israeli law requires a signed agreement for exclusive exploitation of
copyrights
8. Some post-production edits were made on Rudich's music, but this never
affected the nature of
9. Inthe absgnce of a written agreement signed by the author containing a
s original copyrights.
signed assignment, and especially a clause providing for assignment of future
technologies drafted i
rights to exploit the author's music in future technologies or future medias. I also
conclude that the auth«
was understood by Ci
categories, such as D'
hanguage commonly used in Hollywood, Cannon never acquired
'5 silence or oral agreement to exploitation of a movie on video
1on as an agreement to exploit in video only and not in other
, laser technology, internet, ringtones and other unknown and
unforeseen technologiqs.
Menahem Golan
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