Copyright Terrorism

Dear Mr. Patterson:
    Our office represents 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 The Advanced Technology materials are confidential, unpublished,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 "OT II" and  "OT III" as well as a tape-recorded
lecture entitled "Assists".  These works are registered with the United States
Copyright Office under registration numbers  TXu 303 388; TXu 290 496; TXu 593 514
and TXu 593 515.
    We also represent New Era Publications, Inc. ("NEPI") the exclusive licensee of 
the copyrights to the published works of the Scientology religion, including a work 
entitled "Tone Scale."
    You have placed RTC's and NEPI's copyrighted works as referenced above, on 
your web site without the authorization of our client in violation of United Kingdom
and United States copyright law.   These copyrighted works can be found under the
following URLs:
    http://www.daisy.freeserve.co.uk/ot_sum.htm
 
    http://www.daisy.freeserve.co.uk/wquotes.htm
 
    http://www.daisy.freeserve.co.uk/tone.htm
     Numerous permanent injunctions and awards of statutory damages and attorneys' fees
have been entered regarding similar infringements.  For instance, in May 1998, a jury
in the United States District Court in San Jose, California awarded statutory damages
in the amount of $75,000 against a Mr. Henson for engaging in similar infringing
activities on the Internet as to one single copyrighted work. Statutory attorneys' fees
were also awarded against Mr. Henson and, in addition, he is also permanently enjoined
from committing any further infringements.   A United States District Court in the state
of Virginia granted judgment for damages, costs, and a permanent injunction related to
similar copyright infringement.  Permanent injunctions have also been entered in three
additional U.S. cases.
     Similar results have been reached in Europe. On September 14, 1998, a Swedish court
enjoined a defendant who engaged in similar infringements, in addition to finding that
his actions in placing our client's copyrighted works on the Internet violated the owner's
rights under Swedish copyright law.  He was also fined for his illegal actions and ordered
to pay litigation costs.  The decision by the Swedish court was upheld on appeal in a
decision issued on March 9, 2001. On June 9, 1999, a Dutch court found an individual and
numerous Internet service providers had engaged in copyright infringement by posting, or
hosting, our clients' copyrighted works on their web sites.  The court ruled that the
service providers must remove such postings as soon as they are notified of them, subject
to a monetary penalty for each day on which they do not comply.
    Accordingly, we deemand that these copyrighted works be removed.
Sincerely,
 
Ava Paquette 

Moxon & Kobrin 

3055 Wilshire Boulevard 

Suite 900 

Los Angeles, California 90010

This was a valid complaint, since it refers to unpublished works. My ISP responded to receiving a copy of the above by assuming I was guilty and blocking my entire website without consulting me (which Ms Paquette hadn't asked for!). I removed one text, linked to a copy of the OT summary outside the UK, and in the third case linked to a copy of the Tone Scale on the CoS website.