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stramm
10-24-2002, 02:50 AM
just received Steve's standard email... the one like

NOTICE of COPYRIGHT-TRADEMARK, or RIGHT of PUBLICITY INFRINGEMENT <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

APIC - WORLDWIDE

3325 Griffin Road

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33312

(954) 983-7312





Our association, the Association for the Protection of Internet Copyright ("APIC") (<http://www.apic-worldwide.com>), an Internet organization dedicated
to the continued education of copyright law and enforcement of such law on behalf of our members, has been notified by one of our members, that a web
site, is infringing upon our member's intellectual property rights. This site is hosted by your organization . APIC is an authorized agent, and has a good faith
belief that the copyrighted work described in the paragraph below is being used in manner that is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent(s) or the
law.

Anyone profitting from theft of property can be held liable under the RICO Act in the U.S.

TRAFFICCASH ID

http://www.blablabla.com/?wm_login=blabla



Date: Oct 23, 2002



To:

my address



blablabla.com resolves to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

LIKEWHOA REFUSES APIC NOTICES DUE TO TOO MANY

YIPES COMMUNICATIONS ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR HOSTING THIS COMPANY

ALL INFRINGEMENT IS DOCUMENTED

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Infringing URLs:



© Scarlett Media

http://www.blablabla.com/action/tryout/Henriette/double.html

all images





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Infringing the Intellectual Property of others is against the state and federal laws of the United States as well as many other international countries. Such
infringement may provide for substantial financial penalties and / or potential criminal prosecution. Please immediately: a) remove the referenced material
from your Online Service Provider, b) provide APIC with written or electronic confirmation of its removal, and c) take other appropriate action against " " to
prevent future infringement.

Pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)
(<http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/legislation/dmca.pdf>), this letter serves as actual notice of infringement in the event of legal proceedings.



Steve Easton is the director of APIC-Worldwide,is NOT an attorney. On behalf of the owner of the exclusive right to the material at issue in this
notice, I hereby state that I have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the owner, its
agent, or the law. I hereby state, under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States, that the information in this notification is accurate,
and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is being infringed as
set out in this notification.



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APIC WORLDWIDE, (the Association for the Protection of Internet Copyright), is a membership organization dedicated to the continued
education of Internet copyright law and enforcement of such law through the co-operation of international, domestic, federal, state, and local
statutes, laws, and ordinances. Additional information can be found at:



http://www.apic-worldwide.com



http://www.whatiscopyright.org



Berne Treaty

http://www.law.cornell.edu/treaties/berne/overview.html



USC 18-2257

http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/2257.html



INTEGRITY OF COPYRIGHT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION

Article 12 of the WCT provides adequate and effective legal remedies against any person knowingly performing any of the following acts knowing, or with
respect to civil remedies having reasonable grounds to know, that it will induce, enable, facilitate or conceal an infringement of any right covered by this
Treaty or the Berne Convention: (i) to remove or alter any electronic rights management information without authority; (ii) to distribute, import for
distribution, broadcast or communicate to the public, without authority, works or copies of works knowing that electronic rights management information
has been removed or altered without authority. In addition, it is a criminal offense to violate section 1201 or 1202 willfully and for purposes of commercial
advantage or private financial gain. Under section 1204 penalties range up to a $500,000 fine or up to five years imprisonment for a first offense, and up to a
$1,000,000 fine or up to 10 years imprisonment for subsequent offenses. Nonprofit libraries, archives and educational institutions are entirely exempted from
criminal liability. (Section 1204 (b)). For additional information on THE DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT OF 1998 visit:

http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/legislation/dmca.pdf



that's really funny... I'm using only licensed content and get such an email. If someone has a nice idea what to write him back please share it with me ;)




;) ;)

MichaelH
10-24-2002, 04:53 AM
"Come and sue me!
... and let's have a beer after that!" :D

stramm
10-24-2002, 09:36 AM
nah.. I don't want to drink with Steve...

but he apologized twice for sending the email and so all's good again. I'm not resentful

$tandaman
10-24-2002, 10:28 AM
LIKEWHOA REFUSES APIC NOTICES DUE TO TOO MANY

This is funny :)

Like Whoa has notified Apic of the legal way to submit complaints to us, and apparently Steve is unable to do that.

another funny thing:
"Steve Easton is the director of APIC-Worldwide,is NOT an attorney" - that ought to tell you what you need to know...

Like Whoa supports copyright, and owes a lot of copyright itself.

Stramm, we have been also wrongly accused multiple times, and had to stand up for ourselves.