on Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 10:44:59AM +0100, Tom (tom@lemuria.org) wrote: > through channels I won't disclose, I learned about this interesting > email that are sent to ISPs in the name of adobe: > > DMCA Letter > > Dear Sirs: > > Adobe Systems Inc. has authorized BayTSP.com to act as its agent for > copyright infringement notification. The spidering of the peer-to-peer > networks has detected infringement(s) originating from your customer's > IP address, as detailed in the attached report. > > Therefore, this letter is an official notification under provisions of > section 512(c) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to effect removal of > the detected infringement(s) listed in the attached report and to have this > customer refrain from trading our client's copyrighted works in the future. > The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, the > Universal Copyright Convention, as well as bilateral treaties with other > countries allow for protection of our client's copyrighted works even beyond > US borders. > > The attached documentation specifies the IP address of the source of the > infringement. The Bay File ID identifies the copyrighted works by title. We > hereby demand that your customer immediately remove the offending material > in an expeditious manner, as specified in the copyright laws, and refrain > from infringing on our client's copyrighted materials in the future. > > BayTSP has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner > complained of in the attached report is not authorized by Adobe Systems > Inc., its agent, or the law. The information provided herein is accurate > to the best of our knowledge. > > BayTSP hereby swears under penalty of perjury that BayTSP is authorized to > act on behalf of Adobe Systems Inc. for matters pertaining to notification > of infringements of its exclusive rights in its copyrighted material. > > Please send us a prompt response indicating the actions you have taken to > resolve this matter. Please reference BayTSP Notification ID in your > response. > > Sincerely, > > Bill Attinger, CEO > BayTSP > 3150 Almaden Expressway Suit 234 > San Jose, CA 95118 > (408) 979-7900 > DMCA@baytsp.com > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > interesting tidbits: > > - Adobe still believes strongly in the DMCA > - they are still technically and otherwise incompetent (even the name of > the peer-to-peer service was spelled wrong in the attached complaint) > - they believe US law extends beyond US borders. What's the nature of the works that Adobe is seeking infringement claims on? Are these infringed works of Adobe (e.g.: software or publications copyrighted by Adobe), or are there copies of, say, the AEBR in the wild which Adobe's trying to take down WRT 512. I continue to maintain that the 512 take-down safe-harbor provisions are an unconstitutional usurption of judiciary powers by the legislature, in that compliance with the law provides legal amnesty for ISPs. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free We freed Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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