From: fun@thingy.apana.org.au (David Gerard) Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Subject: HKK still trying to nail 'enemy names' text Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 02:31:37 GMT Organization: Please try to understand before one of us dies. Lines: 109 Message-ID: <34d436a5.2260745@thingy.apana.org.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: thingy.apana.org.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/32.451 Idjits. Helena is lying about having been in contact with me, by the way. Time to repost the OSA netowrk order in question, obviously. To: fun@suburbia.net, proff@suburbia.net Subject: Unauthorized Use of Copyrighted Materials From: Mark Dorset Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 10:32:18 +1100 They're at it again.... FYI, Ernst Van Oeveren to whom this email is directed is the admin contact of the domain "WORLD.NET" ;-) mark >Received: from givenchy.world.net (givenchy.world.net [192.190.215.254]) > by versace.world.net (8.8.6/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA28061; > Fri, 30 Jan 1998 10:01:46 +1100 (EST) >Received: from netcom20.netcom.com (hkk@netcom20.netcom.com [192.100.81.133]) > by givenchy.world.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA26342; > Fri, 30 Jan 1998 09:18:51 +1100 >Received: (from hkk@localhost) > by netcom20.netcom.com (8.8.5-r-beta/8.8.5/(NETCOM v1.02)) id PAA22078; > Thu, 29 Jan 1998 15:01:17 -0800 (PST) >Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 15:01:11 -0800 (PST) >From: Helena Kobrin >Subject: Unauthorized Use of Copyrighted Materials >To: ernst@WORLD.NET >cc: registry@WORLD.NET >Message-ID: >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII >X-UIDL: 159066d63a70c2221cb7142ad2899e40 > > >Dear Mr. Van Oeveren: > > I represent New Era Publications, Int ("NEPI"), the exclusive licensee of the copyrights >to a number of unpublished works which one of your subscribers, David Gerard, has placed on >his web page, without the authorization of my client. This work can be found under the >following URL: > > http://www.thingy/apana.org.au/~fun/scn/press/enemy-names.txt > > By placing my client's copyrighted work on his web page, Mr. Gerard is committing >copyright infringement in violation of copyright law of Australia and the United States. >Because this document is on your site, it is copyright infringement for which you can be held >liable. We therefore request that it be removed immediately. > > I have attempted to contact Mr. Gerard about this matter, but he ignores my >communications to him. I have also attempted to contact Mr. Julian Assange at Suburbia.Net, >who is your customer and through whom Mr. Gerard appears to also have access to the >Internet, but he also continues to ignore my communications. > > We are currently involved in litigation over similar materials in several lawsuits. >Preliminary injunctions based on copyright infringement are in place in two of those suits in >favor of RTC in the United States District Court in San Jose, California, and a judgment of >copyright infringement and a permanent injunction have been entered in another suit in that >Court. Additionally, a United States District Court in the state of Virginia has granted >judgment for damages, costs, and a permanent injunction in favor of RTC, related to copyright >infringement of similar works. > > The court in Holland has recognized that similar materials are copyrighted, and the >defendants in the Dutch case removed their postings of the copyrighted materials in that case. >Moreover, in Sweden, RTC sued an individual for infringement of similar materials which he >had placed upon the Internet and in that case, the court issued an injunction prohibiting him >from engaging in such illegal activities. > > The courts in California and Holland have both ruled that an access provider that has >been put on notice that infringement is occurring through its system, and yet does nothing to stop >it, can be liable for contributory infringement. > > We are not seeking to become involved in litigation, but we will take all necessary >measures to protect my client's intellectual property rights. We presume that you would agree >that we can resolve this amicably. > > Please confirm that you have removed the copyrighted material as requested above. > > Sincerely, > Helena Kobrin > > > > > > -- -- mark@world.net (mark@suburbia.com.au) World.Net Services Pty Ltd Sydney, Australia -- http://thingy.apana.org.au/~fun/ http://www.suburbia.net/~fun/ Stop JUNK EMAIL Boycott AMAZON.COM http://mickc.home.mindspring.com/index1.htm "God lives on the planet Kolob, where he doth bonk the spiritual jailbait" - Haydn Black