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23 PEYROUX : But unfortunately, my
24 understanding was that Ms. Minor had
25 told people at Rounder that I had
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2 made prior commitments to Ms. Minor
3 that were in direct conflict with my
4 contract with Rounder at the time.
5 And that she was
6 threatening to great lengths or
7 someone amongst Ms. Minor and William
8 Galison was threatening to Rounder
9 that I had breached my contract with
10 them by signing a contract with
11 Rounder. They were threatening
12 various other things related to that
13 accusation including lawsuits.
14 And as a result of that, my
15 understanding is that at the time
16 that this letter was written, Rounder
17 had directly -- and this is my
18 understanding at the time the letter
19 was written, that Rounder had
20 directly decided to end my contract
21 with them immediately as a result of
22 the statements that they were getting
23 from Ms. Minor and Mr. Galison and
24 perhaps if there was anybody else to
25 represent them at that time. I don't
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2 know.
3 As a result of that, I
4 hadn't started making any recordings
5 with Rounder at that time. I was in
6 preproduction at that time. And they
7 were -- it sounded as if it would
8 have been an immediate ending of, you
9 know, the contract together. That
10 they would just like to part ways and
11 not continue.
12 That is the reason that I
13 understood this was written to
14 establish -- well, that's all I want
15 to say.
16 Q And you got that from your
17 lawyer?
18 MR. FRIEDMAN: Hold it.
19 MS. STRYKER: Objection. I
20 believe that you're now inviting
21 her to breach attorney-client
22 privilege. You know, she gave
23 you the understanding.
24 A I got that from more than
25 one source.
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2 Q Okay. Someone besides your
3 lawyer?
4 Well, let me ask it in a
5 proper way. Did you get that
6 information -- who did you get that
7 information from? And if you got
8 that information from your lawyer,
9 don't tell me.
10 A Thank you. I do believe
11 that I got that information from my
12 manager.
13 Q Now, I know you said a lot
14 of things, and I apologize if I
15 didn't get them all right. So I
16 might just take the time and go over
17 a couple of them again.
18 You understood that Rounder
19 was prepared to terminate its
20 relationship with you on the basis of
21 something that had happened?
22 A That's correct.
23 Q And the something that had
24 happened was not merely that
25 Laura Minor called Rounder to say
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2 that Mr. Galison plans to release the
3 recordings together with instrumental
4 material as fully -- as a full album
5 in February 2004 and to undertake a
6 national marking campaign in
7 connection therewith?
8 MS. STRYKER: I object to
9 form.
10 A That's correct. I would --
11 I don't know much about what they
12 were intending to do, but I also
13 belief that there are more things
14 that Ms. Minor had said beyond what
15 you just said, yes.
