3618 Alameda Apt 5
Menlo Park CA 94025

July 27, 2004


The Honorable Rae Lee Chabot 
Circuit Court Judge
State of Michigan
Sixth Judicial Circuit Court
1200 N Telegraph Rd
Pontiac MI 48341

Re: Videotape of July 21, 2004 Motion Hearing
    in Civil Case 2004-056587-CK,
    SCO GROUP INC VS. DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORP


Dear Judge Chabot:

I write in support of my request for a videotape of the
July 21 motion hearing in the SCO vs. DaimlerChrysler case.

SCO's lawsuit has implications for many members of the
public.  As SCO stated on page 10 of its brief in
opposition to summary disposition, the certification
request that is at the heart of this case was also made of
over 750 other licensees.  SCO's allegations regarding UNIX
and Linux have potential ramifications for the millions of
Linux users throughout the world.  The case has also
featured prominently in SCO's statements to the investing
public.

These implications have sparked considerable interest in
the case.  Over 150 recent news reports on the case can be
found at the internet news search service news.google.com.
Some 2,000 registered users have contributed to the ongoing
discussion of this case and SCO's other UNIX and Linux
cases at the internet web site groklaw.net.

If I am provided a video, I will add it to the collection
of filings in this case that I have been making available
to the general public through the internet site
scofacts.org (which is not affiliated with plaintiff SCO
Group).  The last nontrivial filing I posted there, the
defendant's reply brief in support of its motion for
summary disposition, was accessed from over 200 different
internet addresses (this indicates that approximately 200
people viewed it, but the computer logs do not indicate how
many different people may be sharing an address, nor how
many different addresses a single person may be using).

The use of videotape to record proceedings is governed by
Michigan Supreme Court Administrative Order 1990-7 and
this circuit's Administrative Order 2003-3.  The Supreme
Court's order does not address the issue of making the
tapes public, and the local order states only that access
to the video by non-parties is "within the discretion of
the judge who handled the proceeding".

As both a Linux user and as an investor who has been
trading SCO's stock, I have an interest in this case and in
reviewing the video.

I am also a "media agency" as defined in the Michigan
Supreme Court order that governs media coverage of court
proceedings, Administrative Order 1989-1 (section 1(b)
defines a media agency to be "... any person or
organization engaging in news gathering ...").  That order
also states that "Film or electronic media coverage shall
be allowed upon request in all court proceedings" with the
exception that the judge may exclude coverage "upon a
finding, made and articulated on the record in the exercise
of discretion, that the fair administration of justice
requires such action".

Providing a videotape has the same benefits of increasing
public access to the courts that a televised broadcast
does, but with lesser risks to the court's control of the
courtroom.  It is therefore appropriate that a similarly
liberal or more liberal standard be applied to videotape
access as to broadcast access.  I know of no reason for the
court to find that the fair administration of justice
requires withholding this video record.

I respectfully request that the court approve furnishing a
copy of the videotape to me.


Yours truly,



Alan P Petrofsky




CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of my
attached Request for Copy of Videotape and supporting
letter was sent by certified U.S. mail on July 27, 2004 to
the attorneys of record of all the parties to the case at
their addresses given on the pleadings, specifically:

  Joel H. Serlin
  Barry M. Rosenbaum
  Attorneys for Plaintiff The SCO Group, Inc.
  2000 Town Center Ste 1500
  Southfield MI 48075

  James P. Feeney
  Thomas S. Bishoff
  Stephen L. Tupper
  Attorneys for Defendant DaimlerChrysler Corporation
  39577 Woodward Ave Ste 300
  Bloomfield Hills MI 48304





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Alan P. Petrofsky