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liability com pany, CaseN o.:2:10-cv-0l184

Plaintiff, D efendant'sAnsw er
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Kevin Kelleher,an individual,

Defendmlt

DefendantKevin K elleheranswerson infonnation and belief,theallegationsin tbe

like num bered pam graphsofPlaintiff,Righthavcn LLC.Complaint,and pursuantto Fed.R.Civ.P.8
(b)(3)herebydeniesa1lallegationsexceptasspecificallyadmittedbelow:
NatureofAetlon

A dm itled thatPlaintiffsComplaintpurportsto alltge copyrightinfringem entpursuant

to 17 U.S.C.û501.
Parties

2 . A dm itted.

3 . A dm itted.
4 .Deniei theDefendantisthtregisteredblogger,nottheownerofthedomainin question
found atpa-annotm ccr.blogspot.com . Defendantdoesnotpay web hosting feesorhaveany
administrativecapabilitiesotherthan posting inform ation to the blog. n e dom ain in question
is'owned'by Blogger,Blopp otatld Google lnc.,eta1.
5. Adm itted.
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6.Denied.Further,Defendantmssertsthatthereisalackofjurisdictionand,impropervenue.
7 . D enied.Plaintiffwasnotthe ownerofthe copyrighted work in question 4çcalvert,longtim e
voice ofIJNLV am ong six-m emberclass''atthe tim e ofthe alleged infringem ent.
8 . A dm itted

9. Denied.Defendant'sposting oftheW orksfalvert,longtimevoiceofUNLV,among six-

m em berclass'',doesnotcreatecompetition orconfuse authorship and w asdone wit.
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beliefthatsuchdisplaywasprotectedImderFairuseoftheCopyrigbt1aw (section 107),
atno tim e did Defendantbelieve hisalleged actconstim ted artinfringem entofcopyright.
Defendantwasnotaware tbathisBlog,apassive,non-com m ercialinformation/newsportal,
wouldbesubjecttoalawsuitgiventhefactthatoriginandwritercreditwercdisplaycd,
10 D enied.O n July 17,2010 Defendantreceived an e-m ailsentby Steve Czreen,a reporterfor
theLmsV egms Stm ,asking fora com m entregarding a law suitsled againstD efendant. The
article in question, Gkcalvert,longtim evoice ofUNLV ,am ong six-m em berclass''wms
irnm ediately removed from Defendant'sBlog.
11 A dm itted.
l2 A dm itted.
l3 D enied. Defendantassertsthatthe W ork and alleged lnfringem ent <tcalvert,longlim e
voice ofU NLV am ong six-m em berclass''wasdirected atotherpublic addressannolmcerss
and notnecessarily atN evndn residents.
14 .Denied. Defendantdid notpurposefully directhisconducttoward N evndn.Defendant's
Blog Hpa-announcecblogspotcom ''isa pmssive,non-comm em ialonline destination for
currentyandformerpublicaddressammuncers.Itdoesnotjenerateanyrevenueand
containsno advertising.lthasno 'followers'and would typlcally avem ge less than 10 visits
perday.

l5 D enied forlack ofknowledge and/ortim e necessary to provide answer.H owever,

Defendantm ailltainsthathe hasno tiesto N evada,neverhad em ploym entorresidence in
N evada mld hmsneverlived in orow ned property in N evada.
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16 A dm itted
17 A dm itted
l8 A dm itted
19 A dm itted

20 D enied.O n July 17,2010 Defendnntreceived an e-m ailsentby SteveG reen,a reporterfor

the LasVcgasSun,asking foracom m entregarding a lawsuittiled againstD efendant. The
article in question,thealleged lnflingem enty :f alvert,longtt
'm e voice ofUN LV ,am ong
six-m em berclass''wasim m ediately rem oved from D efendant'sBlog.
21D enied.Defendant'
sallege,d postingoftheW orkx alvert,lengtimevoiceofUNLV,
am ong six-mem berclass''>doesnotcreatecom petition orconfuseauthorship and wasdone
withthebeliefthatsuchdisplaywasprotectedunderFairuseoftheCopyrightlaw (section
107),atno timedid Defendantbelievehisallegedactconstittltedmlinfringem entof
copyright.Defendantwasnotaware thathisBlog,a passive,non-com m ercialinform ation/
newsportal,wouldbesubjecttoalawsuitgiventlzefactthatorigjnandwritercreditwere
displayed.
22Denied.Defendant'salleged postingoftheW orkzscalvert,longtimevoiceofUNLV,
am ong six-mem berclass'' does notcreatecom petition orconfuse authorship and wasdone
wit,
hthebeliefthatsuchdisplay wasprotectedunderFairuseoftheCopyrightlaw (section
107),atnotimedidDefendantbelievehisallegedactconstimtedaninfringementof
copyright.Dçfendantwasnotaware thathisBlog,a passive,non-com m ercialinform ation/
newsportal,wouldbesubjecttoalawsuitgiventhefactthatoriginandwritercreditwere
displayed.

Clsim ForRelief:Convneghtlnfrlnpem en:

2 3 D efendu trepeatsand re-allegeshisAnsw erssetforth in Paragraphs 1 threugh 22 above.
24 A dm itted
2 5 A dm itted
2 6 A dm itted
2 7 A tlm itte,d
2 8 D enied. Defendantin no way attem pted to detractortake away Plaintifrsrights.
29 D enied. Defendantin no way attempted to detractortake away Plaintiffs rights.

30 r enied. A lleged lnfringem ent,çf alverq longtim e voiceofU NLV ,am ong six-m mnber
class'' wasrem oved from Defendant'sBlog im m ediately aftcrnotification from a3, party.
31D enied.Allegedlnfringement,tr alverqlongtimevoice ofUNLV 2among six-member
class'',wasrem oved &om Defendant'sBlog im m ediately aûernotlfication from a3,uparty.
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32 D enied. Defendant'salleged posting ofthe W orksûlcalvertslongtime voice ofIJNLV,

among six-m emberclass''>doesnotcreate com petition orconfuse authorship and wmsdone
withthebeliefthatsuchdisplaywasprotectedtmderFairuseoftheCopyrightlaw (section
107),atnotimedidDefendmltbclicvchisalleged actconstitutedaninfringcmcntof I
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copyright.Defendantw asnotaware thathisBlog,a passive,non-com m ercialinform atiorl/ ;
news* 11a.
1,wouldbcsubjecttoalawsuitgiventhcfacttlhatstoryoriginandwritercredit
were displayed.
33Denied.Defendant'sassertion isthatthePlaintifpsclnim ofxGirreparablehann''isspecious
in nature and notworthy ofthe Court'stim e and trouble.DefendantassertsthatPlaintiff's
inability to ascertain whatexactly tfirreparable harm ''is,and whatitconstitutes,ism erely a 'fisbing
expedition'with aproH cted flwhatif'scenario.

34 Denied.Thealleged infringement,theW orktf alvert,longtimevoiceofUNLV,amongsix-

m emberclmss''wasrem oved July 17,2010.
Prayer For Rellef

Defendantrespectfully requeststhat:
Plaintift'sPrayerForReliefbe denied in it'sentirety,exceptthatDefendanthereby stipulatesthat
Judgm entbehad in Plaintifl'sfavoragainstDefendantfornon-willfulcopylightinfringem entofthe
single article atissue,tf alverq longtim e voice ofUN LV ,am ong six-m em berclmss'',and Plaintiffbe
awardcd$200.00instatutorydamagcspursuantto17U.S.C.j 504(0)42).*

* ltln a cmqewhere the infringersusl instheburden ofproving,and the courtfinds,tllatsuch infringer

wasnotawareand had no remsonto believe thathisorheradsconstim ted an infringem entof
copyrighk the courtillitsdiscretion may reduce the aw ard ofstatutory dam agesto a sum ofnotless
than $200.

Respecthzlly s'
ubm itted,
Dated August4th,2010

Krvin K elleher
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821 Hom estead Park Dr

Apex,NC 27502
Telephone 919-362-1710

Appearingpro se forDefendant
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C ER TIFIC A TE O F SERV IC E

Pursuantto FederalRuleofCivilProcedure5(b),lcertifythatonthisdate,lselvedatmeand
correctcopy ofthe foregoing docum cnt:

D EFEND A N T 'S A N SW ER

upon Plaintiffscounselby causing itto beplaced in United StatesM ail,ExpressM ail

overnightservicepostageprepaid,addressed to tile following individuals:

STEVEN A.GIBSON,ESQ.
J.CHARLESCOONS,ESQ.
Righthaven LLC
9960 W estCheyenne Avenue,Suite210
LasVegas,N evada89129

A ugust4th,2010

D ate

Kevin Kelleher
DefendantPro Se