Message-ID: <3282F5BB.7589@online.no>
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 1996 09:56:27 +0100
From: Andreas Heldal-Lund <heldal@online.no>
Reply-To: heldal@online.no
Organization: Hays Information Management Norway
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To: Helena Kobrin <hkk@netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Unauthorized posting of copyrighted material
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Dear Helena Korbin,

I don't know you. I can not verify who you are or who 
you may represent. Any commandments or threats in your
mail can therefor not be approved.

Mentioned documents are public available on the net
and I see therefor no reason for me to remove them.
Another thing is that I have not posted, as claimed
in your mail, any of the documents - but put them on
my personal home page. 

Rest assure that I'm more than prepared for any reaction 
from yourself or anybody you may represent. It would
be most enjoyable to join you making my personal
web pages and the truth about The Church of Scientology 
more known. A litigation or action against me 
or my ISP will surely make this case "take of" in Norway.

My lawyer will be informed about any such actions, so
will the rest of the world. If you do represent "RTC" 
and they believe they have a case here, I would 
recomend that you check Norwegian laws and the
current situation of CoS in Norway before you do
anything. I have prepared any possible reactions
and do have very good reasons to do what I have done.

I look forward to your respons.

Sincerely,
Andreas Heldal-Lund - heldal@online.no - http://home.sol.no/heldal/
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"Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; 
 everything else is opinion."                          [Democritus]


You wrote to me: 

> Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 21:42:09 -0800 (PST)
> From: Helena Kobrin <hkk@netcom.com>
> Subject: Unauthorized posting of copyrighted material
> To: heldal@online.no
> 
> Dear Heldal:
> 
>      I represent Religious Technology Center ("RTC"), the owner
> of the confidential Advanced Technology of the Scientology
> religion and the holder of exclusive rights under the copyrights
> applicable to the Advanced Technology materials.  The Advanced
> Technology materials are confidential, unpublished, copyrighted
> works.  RTC's works include, among others, the individual works
> comprising levels known as "NOTs."
> 
>      I have just been informed that you have placed the NOTs
> works on your web site at 
> http://home.sol.no.heldal/CoS/not-> index.html, 
> http://home.sol.no.heldal/CoS/ned1.html,
> http://home.sol.no.heldal/CoS/ned2.html,
> http://home.sol.no.heldal/CoS/ned3.html,
> http://home.sol.no.heldal/CoS/ned4.html,
> http://home.sol.no.heldal/CoS/ned5.html,
> http://home.sol.no.heldal/CoS/ned6.html,
> http://home.sol.no.heldal/CoS/ned7.html.
> 
>      These works have been placed onto this web site without the
> authorization of my client.  The works are registered with the US
> Copyright Office under registration numbers TXu 257326 and TXu
> 257527.
> 
>      This posting violates the copyright laws of the United
> States and Norway.  Because the material resides on your web
> page, it is a copyright infringement.  I therefore demand that
> you remove these materials immediately.
> 
>      We are currently involved in litigation in the United
> States, Holland and Sweden over the same and similar materials in
> several lawsuits.  A preliminary injunction based on copyright
> infringement is in place in three of those suits in the United
> States District Court in San Jose, California.  And a United
> States District Court in the state of Virginia granted a
> permanent injunction in favor of my client, related to copyright
> infringement of some of these works.
> 
>      The court in Holland has recognized that similar materials
> are copyrighted, and the defendants in the Dutch case have taken
> off their postings of the copyrighted materials in question in
> that case.  And in Sweden, the court has issued an injunction
> against the defendant who posted these works to the Internet.
> 
>      We are not seeking to become involved in litigation, but we
> will take all necessary measures to protect my client's
> intellectual property rights.
> 
>      Please confirm that you have removed the copyrighted
> material as requested above. I must warn you that speed in
> dealing with this situation is critical in light of the fact that
> unpublished materials are involved.
> 
>                                    Sincerely,
>                                    Helena K. Kobrin