just got this today...
Motion Picture Association
Worldwide Internet Enforcement
15503 Ventura Boulevard
Encino, California 91436
USA
Phone: (818) 728 - 8127
Email: MPAA@copyright.org <mailto:MPAA@copyright.org>
Monday, April 14, 2003
Name: slurmman@hotmail.com
Email: slurmman@hotmail.com
ISP: slurmman@hotmail.com
Via Fax/Email
RE: Unauthorized Distribution of Copyrighted Motion Pictures
MPA Case Name:
http://slurmman.tripod.com/ Reference #: 1105138
Date of Infringement: 2003-04-11 16:58:40 GMT
Dear slurmman@hotmail.com:
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) represents the following motion picture
production and distribution companies:
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.
Paramount Pictures Corporation
TriStar Pictures, Inc.
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
United Artists Pictures, Inc.
United Artists Corporation
Universal City Studios, LLLP
Warner Bros., a Division of Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P.
We have received information that you are unlawfully offering product at;
http://slurmman.tripod.com/vcds.shtml We have notified your ISP of the unlawful nature of this web site and have asked
for its immediate removal.
Please contact us at the above listed address or by replying to this email if
you should have any questions. Kindly include the above noted Reference # in
the subject line of all email correspondence.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.
Respectfully,
Thomas Temple
Director
Worldwide Internet Enforcement
Here's my reply email:
Hello,
I think you need to do some more research on the reasons you send C&D letters to, cause those VCDs are 100% legal, and marketed by Fox themselves. I see no reason at all as to why I need to take that page down, considering many Futurama fans don't have DVD players, and these VDCs are legal. If you think these are pirated VCDs, that show up on websites like ebay.com, you're incorrect. These are fully authorized VCDs by 20th Century Fox, not bootlegs.
By the way, aren't you suppose to give me time to take down the "unlawful" content before you contact my ISP?
Also, I don't offer these products to anyone, I don't sell one item that is listed on my website, I mearly link to websites that do sell this material. So shouldn't you be sending THEM C&D letters instead?
take care, and looking forward to a reply,
~Jon
What the fuck is Fox on? I tried calling their number, since it's in my area code, but they wanted me to leave my name and phone number... I'd rather not give Fox that.
(ps, expect a collectorama update very soon, especially with an announcement on how stupid fox is)