10/22/2012 08:14 4252271007 ANM7 PAGE 02/07

JEFFREY HARPER 

### FAA OFFICE oF REGIONAL 

### Cou-NsEL 1601 LIND A**\lE.~** SW RENTON, WAS.HJNGTON 98057 TELEPHONE:.(425) 227-2161. FACSIMILE: (425)227·1007 

### ZJIZ**C~T** 

### 2b P 2: 2LI

In th.e Matter of: 

### UNITED STATES 

### OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION .OFFICE 

### OF HEARINGS

WASHINGTON, 

### D.C.
FAA 

### Case No. 2011NM070089 DMS No.: F**AA~2012-0783** 

### Leading Edge Aviation, Inc. Honorable Richard C. Goodw:in


### RESPONSE 

### TO

MOTION TO BAR CERTAIN DOCUMENTS Th.e Federal Aviation Adi.ninistration (FAA), by counsel, hereby responds to Respondent's

. . Moti"on to Bar Certain Documents, served October 12, 2012. 

### Background On October 9,**~012,** Complainant filed amotion seeking en:tcy ofa confiden.tial order protecting certain documents ("the data") from public disclosure. On October 12, 2012, Respondent filed a pleading opposing 

### Complalnanfs Motion, and seeking to exclude

### the data 

### from the record in this proceeding. Respondent concedes that the**ho~e** addresses oftWo retired 

### FAA inspectors shoulQ. be kept confidential.1 Respondent claims Complainant has failed to prove the data are proprietary.2 Respondent further asserts that Cqmplainant does nothave standing to seek a confidential order.3 Nowhere in its Motion does Respondent dispute Complainant's assertion that"the data in question may be npcessary to a decision. ·

1Respondent's Moti.on, 5. 2 Respondent's Motion. 'lf3. oRespondent's Motion 'lf7.10/22/2012 08:14 4252271007 ANM7



### Both Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. (Bell) 

### ail.d Paravion Technology, Inc. (Pa.raviou.), the owners ofthe data 

### at issue, nave 

### consented to the use oftheir data in

### this proceeding. Exhibits 

### 1 and 

### 2. 

### Argument PAGE 03/07



### Both Pamvion 

### and Bell have consented to 

### the use

# oftheir data in this proceeding. Even if they 

### did not, 

### however, the data are still admissible, 

### as their property interests 

### are not**absol~te)** but 

### are. subordinate 

### to the public interest in 

### aviation safety.
. C?mplainant is charged with 

### "maintaining and enhancing 

### safetY and security as the highest 

### priorit[y] in. 

### air commerce" 

### as being in

### the public 

### interest. 49 U.S.C. § 

### 4010l(d)(l). In 

### carrying out that charter, Complainant is required to prescribe regulations 

### and mi.nlmum standards in 

### the interest of_

### safety for "iuspectin.g, servicing, 

## and overhauling.aircraft [and] aircraft engines." 49 U.S.C. 

### §44701(a)(2)(A). Complainant is 

### authorized by 49 U.S.C. 

### ·§ 

### 46102 to 

### "conductproceedings 

### in a 

### way

### condu~ive tojustice" 

### to

### enforc~ those rcgulations. 4



### , Although 

### Bell and Paravion have 

### a proprietary.interest intheir**data~** 

### extending that

proprietary interest to 

### Complainantmust be weighed against the public interest in 

### air safety as explicated 

### by 

### Congress. ·Under**Respon.~ent's** 

### view, there i.s no 

### bcla..o,cing ofinterests-proprietary 

### data is simply inadmissible. In. 

### that world, Respondent need not·comply with 

### any aviation safety regulat1pns, as Complainant would be effectively 

### deprived ofthe enforcementm.ecl:).anism pr.ovided for 

### i.ri 

### 49 U.S.C. §§ 

### 46102 

### and 463dl(d)(2). 

### Respondent n.eed. 

### onJy claim 

## ali the data 

### itused 

### is· proprietary, and therefore Complainant 

### would not 

### be able to use it to show the work 

### don.e by Respondent was 

### not completed 'as 

### required by applicable data.
. · . Congress, however, limits 

### the property rights. 

### ofcopyright holders 

### such as Bell and 

### Paravion
.. Those 

### rights are 

### subject to some 

### limitations, including the "fair usell 

### doctrine: 17 U.S.C. § 107. In 

### applying the four factor 

### test found in 

### Section 

### l.07, courts have 

### found that the 

### use of · copyrighted material**~** 

### evidence

## ·m legal proceedings falls within the scope ofthat 

### doct'ri.ne. 

### Bondv. Blum, 317 F.3d 385, 394-98 (4th Ci:r.. 2003) (use ofcopyrighted manuscript as evideu.ce in 

### child custody proceeding constitutes·fair 

### use); 

### Jartech v. Clancy> 666 F.2d 403, 406-07 (9th 

### Cir. 1982) (photographs taken ofscreening of

### copyrighted adult 

### film. admissible as evidence in 

### obscenity trial); 

### see also Pamela**Samuelson~** 

### Unbu:ndling Fair Uses, 77 Fordham L. 

### Rev. 2537,2592-97 (2009) (overview ofcases involving 

### use ofcopyrighted 

### material as evidencein

### legal proceedings; concluding administrative use ofcopyrighted material should "be 

### according broad 

### fair use privileges").**~** See also 49 U.S.C. § 4630l(d)(2).
Response to Motion to Bar Certain**Document.~** FAA v.**Leadin~** Edge, lnc. FAA Case No. 2011NM070089, DMS No. FAA-2012"07&3 Page 2 of4 JEFF'R£YM. HA)U!ER, F.AAAITO'R.NEY TEL: (425) 227·1417; FAX: (425) 227-190,710/22/2012 08:14 4252271007 

### ANM7 PAGE 04/07

The use ofproprieta.zy data in an enforcement proceeding under 14 C.F.R. Part 13, Subpart 

### G. as autl1orized by Congress,

### constitut~s fair use and is completely appropriate and routine. 5 It

.does not follow, 

### ·however, that 

### Bell & Paravion's mte;re;sts are ofno concern. Rather, 

### tb.eir property interests 

### in the data and thepublic's interest in aviatiqn safety

### mu~t be balanced 

### aga4Lst each other. A mechanism for balancing those interests-· 

### to provide for 

### the fair 

### use of the data 

### in these

### proceedings wi:tl:).out 

### l::ilaking that

### information~ matter

### ofp~blic record-is provided 

### in 14 C.F.R. 

### § I3.220(g): 

### a confidential order,precisely the remedy Complainant seeks.· 

### Exhibits: 1.. Paravion Letter dated 0ytober 12,2012. 2. E-mail from Jolm G. Sam.s, Assistant Secretary Bell Helicopter Te>..iron Inc. dated October 19, 2012. 

### Conclusion The entry of

### a confidential 

### ordeJ;" 

### as sought by 

### Complainant best serves 

### the 

## int6reSts of justice. It 

### wiJ.l permit relevant and material evidence into the record ofa hearing held 

### in the public 

### interest ofaviation

### s~ety, while protecting 

### the property interests ofnon-parties to 1;his cdse,

. Contrary to Respondent's assertions, the 

### remedy Complainant 

### seeks is not ''overly broad.•:6:

. . ' . Complainant does not seek to seal tbe entiretY ofthe record,just those portion.s that put the property interests ofmanufacturers and STC 

### holders at

### risk Ccimplainaut seeks 

### to limit dissen?nation of

### that data only to the persolls required to adjudicate this**disput~.** As applied
. to Paravion 

### and Bell's data, Respondenes objections are ml:splaced, as Paravion and Bell have explicitly consented to the use oftheir data in this proceeding. Respectfully submitted this 22n:d day of**October~** 20.12.

# ·dr~-~--- FAAAttomey JMH/tk

5 See, e.g., ln. theMatter of Aviation Technical Services, Inc. DMS No. F**AA~20ll-0682** (Hearing**h~ld** Qctober 15, .2012), In the Mcmers ofSkyWestAirlines, DMS Nos. FAA-2011..0485, -0486, and**~o6S0/0779** (Hearing held October 2, 2012 and OrderGranting Motion in. Part, DMS No. f AA-20ll-0485-0025, served August 1.0, 2012).
. Response to Motion to Bar Certain Documents FAA v. Leading Edge, Inc. FAA Case No. 201 JNM0700!'!9, DMS No. FAA-2012-0783 Page3 of4**JB.E'FR.~M** {f.ARPER, FAAATTORNEY TEL: (425) 227-1417; FAX: (425) 227-100710/22/2012 08:14 4252271007 

### ANM7



## CERTIFICATE OF-SERV1CE I hereby 

### certifY that

### the foregoing**Respo~e** 

### to Motion to Bar Certain Documents 

### has**be~n** served via

### facsimile and 

### Certified Mail**~** Return Receipt Requested this date, to the · 

### ·following: · ·

· Th.e Honorable Richard C. Goodwiri



### . Office of**Hearings~** 

### M-20

1200 NewJersey**Avenue~** S.E. (Ell-310). 

### Washington., D.C. 20590 TEL: (202) 366-2139 FAX: 

### (202) 366-7536 Attn: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 

### Wilbur Wright Building- Suite 2WIOOO Federal Aviation 

### Administration 

## ·soo Independence Avenue SW 

### Washington, D.C. 20591 

### Fax: (202) 493-5142 Fred C
.. Begy, Esq. (:huhak& Tecson 

### 30 South Wacker 

### Drive, Suite :2600 Chicago, IL 60606 Tel: (312) 855-5442 ; . 

### Fax: (312)**444~9027** Dated this 22nd day ofOctober, 2012.



### Kirk 0 ce ofRegional Couil.sel**(ANM~**7) 

### Federal Aviation

### Adinin.i.stration 1601 Lind Ave. SW Renton, WA 98057 (425) 227-2160

6Respondent's MotioD 

### 'If 11. PAGE 05/07

RespollSc to Motion to Bar Ccitain Documents FAA v. Le.ading Edgo, Inc.
. JEFFREYM. HAAPER, FAAAITORNEY TEL: (425) 227"1417; FAX: (425) 227-1007 FAA Case No.**~Oll.NM070089,** D.MS No. FAA-2012·0783 Page 4 of4-10/22/2012 08:14**4~52271007** ANM7 PAGE 05/07 

# -Paravion· I

. ---·------------------------- 

# ·1 Technology-

# :g~AirwayAve., Ft comns.coaos24
October 

### 12, 2012



### Mr. Jeffrey M. Harper

- Attorney, Federal Aviation Administration 

### Federal Aviation Administration. Office 

### QfRegional Counsel
. · Federal Aviation Administration NorthwestMountain Region, ANM-7 

### i 601 

### Lind Avenue SW 

### Re.o.ton,"WA 98057

DearMr. Harper: 910-224-3898 FAX**970-224-38~m**

Paravion Technology, Inc. grants the Federal Aviation 

### Administration the use oftbe following proprietary data owned

### by Paraviqn Technology, Inc. in. the matter ofLeading Edge·

### Aviation in reference to 

### STC SR00074D.E: 1.**DL-206AC~** 110, 

### MasterDrawing List 2. 

### 206AC-111, Installation 

### Drawing Package


### ·3. PR-206AC-910M,**Inst~dlation** Instructions 

### 4. PR-206AC-llOM. 

### Flight Manual Supplement

# s~ Michael E. Hansen
· Gen.eral Manager

Paravion Techn.ology, Inc.



## Exhibit 

# 1.10/22/2012 08:14 4252271007 ANM7



### Pennission to Use Bell 

### Proprietary Data in 

### FAA Prqceeding**~~:** 

### :_ Sa:ms, John ·



## ....,

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## ....**-~-~=** 

## · Jeffrey Harper 10/19/2012.01:46 PM Hide Details 

### From: nsams, John" <jsams@bh.com> 

### To: Jeffrey 

### Harper/ANMIFAA@FAA, PAGE 07/07

Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. and Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limitee grant the Federal Aviation Administration

. and Leading Edge Aviation, Inc. permission to use Bell's published technical data in the mattercaptioned In Re: Leading Edge Aviation, Inc., FAA Case No.2011M070089, OMS No. FM-2012-0783. Bell's permission relates only to data that has been publically released by Bell and does not include any engineering or other proprietary data provided to the FAA for certification purposes. Further, Bell's permission is limited to use of the data forevidentiary purposes in the referenced proceeding·.· Best regards, John G. Sa.,ns, Assistant Secretary



### . Bell Helicopter**Text~on** 

### Inc.

Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limi_tee isams@bh.com +1-817-28o-sos3 (Office)



### .**~At!»** 

### ,. . .

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