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07-29-2003 Cease and Desist Letters

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Letter #1

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Re: Copyright Infringement at http://www.vcdquality.com
Dear Sir or Madam:
This letter is being written to you on behalf of Paramount Pictures Corporation (hereinafter "Paramount"). Paramount is the owner of rights in and to the "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life" motion picture ("Tomb Raider 2 Motion Picture").
Paramount has recently discovered that you are hosting a web site with the Uniform Resource Locator address http://www.vcdquality.com ("Infringing Web Site") that is unlawfully reproducing and displaying unauthorized copies of Tomb Raider 2 Motion Picture. For instance, as of the date of this letter, unauthorized copies are displayed at the following jump sites:
http://www.vcdquality.com/info.php?id=16662
http://www.vcdquality.com/image.php?id=16662
http://www.vcdquality.com/nfo.php?id=16662
http://www.vcdquality.com/info.php?id=16581
http://www.vcdquality.com/image.php?id=16581
http://www.vcdquality.com/nfo.php?id=16581
http://www.vcdquality.com/info.php?id=16571
http://www.vcdquality.com/nfo.php?id=16571
The above jump sites are not an exhaustive list and represent only a small sampling of where unauthorized copies of Paramount's motion pictures are displayed on the Infringing Web Site hosted by X69.net.
Paramount has not granted X69.net, the listed owner of the Infringing Web Site, any right, title or license in the Tomb Raider 2 Motion Picture. Accordingly, the reproduction and display of the Tomb Raider 2 Motion Picture is wrongful and actionable misconduct in violation of Paramount's exclusive copyrights, and therefore constitutes, among other things, willful copyright infringement pursuant to 17 U.S.C § 501.
We, the undersigned, certify under penalty of perjury that we are an agent authorized to act on behalf of the owner of certain intellectual property rights, said owner being named Paramount. We have a good faith belief that the materials identified are not authorized by the Paramount, its agent, or the law and therefore infringe Paramount's rights.
In light of the above, Paramount hereby demands that X69.net immediately take down and/or block access to the Infringing Web Site located at http://www.vcdquality.com and all related jump sites/links where the Tomb Raider 2 Motion Picture are being reproduced and displayed.
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact me at the e-mail, telephone number or address set forth above.
Thank you for your anticipated cooperation in stopping the outrageous copyright infringement being carried out on a web site hosted by X69.net.
Finally, nothing contained in this letter is intended as, or may be deemed or construed to constitute, a waiver or relinquishment of any of Paramount's rights and remedies under the circumstances, all of which are hereby expressly reserved.
Very truly yours,
/s/
Dennis L. Wilson
Keats McFarland & Wilson LLP
cc: Paramount Pictures Corporation

I, ___________________________, hereby acknowledge that I have ceased offering and/or distributing unauthorized copies of the Paramount Motion Picture Properties and any other goods which infringe Paramount's rights in any of its motion picture properties; and have complied with (1)-(3) above.
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Print Name
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RE: YOUR INFRINGEMENT OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION RIGHTS

Dear Sir or Madam:

This letter is being written to you on behalf of Paramount Pictures Corporation (hereinafter "Paramount"). Paramount is the owner of rights in and to the motion picture "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life" ("Tomb Raider 2 Motion Picture"), and other numerous motion pictures, hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Paramount Motion Picture Properties".

Paramount has recently learned that you are offering and/or distributing unauthorized copies of Paramount Motion Picture Properties through your web site located at "http://www.vcdquality.com." You are hereby put on notice that the reproduction, transmission and/or distribution by you of unauthorized copies of the Paramount Motion Picture Properties constitutes copyright infringement.

Paramount hereby demands that you and all those who have acted in concert with you immediately cease any unauthorized copying, transmission, distribution and/or other utilization of any of its protected intellectual property, including any use of the Paramount Motion Picture Properties.

In addition to the foregoing, we request that you:

(1) voluntarily relinquish your unauthorized copies of the Paramount Motion Picture Properties to the undersigned at the address listed at the top of this letter;

(2) provide all information pertaining to the source from which you obtained your unauthorized copies of the Paramount Motion Picture Properties, including the source's name, address, phone number, web site address and e-mail address; and

(3) provide all information pertaining to any unauthorized copying, transmission, distribution and/or other utilization of the Paramount Motion Picture Properties, including source's name, address, phone number and e-mail address.

Should you not immediately do so, Paramount expressly reserves all of its rights to file a lawsuit against you to obtain damages for all past acts of infringement and an injunction to prevent any future infringement.

Please sign this letter in the space provided below, and return it with the above-requested materials to the undersigned before the close of business on August 4, 2003. If we do not receive your written confirmation before that date, we will be forced to recommend that Paramount immediately take further legal action.

This letter is not a complete statement of Paramount's rights in connection with this matter, and nothing contained herein constitutes an express or implied waiver of any rights, remedies, or defenses of Paramount in connection with this matter, all of which are expressly reserved.

Very truly yours,

/s/

Dennis L. Wilson
Keats McFarland & Wilson LLP

cc: Paramount Pictures Corporation



I, ___________________________, hereby acknowledge that I have ceased offering and/or distributing unauthorized copies of the Paramount Motion Picture Properties and any other goods which infringe Paramount's rights in any of its motion picture properties; and have complied with (1)-(3) above.

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Signature

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Print Name

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Date

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Q. Whats the difference between Paramount and an AOLer ?

A. Nothing, both are so retarded they think you can download movies here.

paramount need to learn to click the RULES AND REGULATIONS buttons. just in the same way i learnt not to watch Tomb Raider movies.

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563-773-1880

<Dwaggy> i caught you a delicious Bass
<The404> This is because you are an idiot

Thick bastards, the lot of them. Just waiting to start getting private messages from fucking film studios asking where to get stuff...

well they obviously looked into this webiste with great depth. well Done paramount ! i give u 0/0/0 !

go in all guns blazing as usual

LMAO!
I fail to see any Motion Pictures here, someone wanna point em out to me? :P

no asking where to find stuff!

mmmh

I guess they still own the copyrights for the sample pictures.
And without their knowledge it's not legal to use them on the site afaik

greets.

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Originally posted by pHo
Q. Whats the difference between Paramount and an AOLer ?

A. Nothing, both are so retarded they think you can download movies here.

paramount need to learn to click the RULES AND REGULATIONS buttons. just in the same way i learnt not to watch Tomb Raider movies.

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Jesus fucking christ my sig was huge so Dwaggy replaced it with this message

ahahhahahahhahahahha

you guys are so silly

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Hrmmm... you know... it's moments like these that make me wonder why we have so many multi-million dollar companies in the world...

well, bear in mind that the big companies are stupid, but the general public are FUCKING STUPID.

hey X dude your getting a cell that shit is to funny but im jealous i havent gotten a letter.....yea right next thing u know they will be in the channel asking who our suppliers are........just send the letter back and say sorry you are not allow to request files from this site if you ask again you will be banned ha ha ha ha

in the first letter atleast they kinda make it seem like your just illegally providing reviews or pictures of the movie that arn't supposed to be reproduced. Then the second letter makes it seem like you are offering the files on vcdquality so i don't get it.

I should go work for Paramount. They are so damn blatantly ignorant that I bet i could get them fools to pay me $500,000 a year without question. Damn looks like you dont even need to know how to click a mouse let alone have any education to work for Paramount.

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X69 did you reply to paramount...if so you should show us the fun filled comments in your reply, i m sure its amusing..

Paramount smell. Suck the shit from a dead fat chicks vagina you bunch of fucking nippleheads.

Proof that some people clearly are dumber than me (and i have an IQ of 71). EAT SHIT AND DIE.

:: edit - oh, and if paramount wanna start fighting anyone, please do us all a favour and give every member of UMS a hard time, not anyone else who actually holds more than one respect card in their hand.

If they're complaining about a screenshot they need to go count their money somewhere else.

Saw this post in Spy Kids comments and this guy had a revelation of the truth.

Anyway I think this quote fits this topic well.

if they figured out where to get a movie from this this site, i wanna know too.

every time i click those links all i get are nth gen stills...what codec do i need for that?

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Am I the only one missing the .rar file from the repack?

The first letter they MAY have a right to get those pictures off the site, BUT if this is the first request/warning you should just be able to remove and destroy the pics(on the hd's etc..) and everything will be fine.

They have NO RIGHTS over nfo's or opinions, those are not official paramount documents nor are they created by paramount employee's.


The second letter is just bullshit, there are no files hosted here, nor direct links.

YOU MUST respond to both letters, Explain the position i said above (with no swearing) and They have no legal recourse.

It's seriously such a shame when a film company cant make a film good enough to make its money that it decides to take it out on websites for having a JPG of the movie in question , are they seriously suggesting that everyone on the internet is liable? If I goto some website that has "permission" to host a screenshot of the movie , then that screenshot will be stored in my cache , so how exactly am I a pirate for doing that?

Will they be going after google next?
http://images.google.com/images?q=t...SO-8859-1&hl=en
Seems to me thats almost the same thing right there.

Paramount , get this into your stupid heads , this site doesnt have any illegal files , this site is doing you a favor if anything by keeping track of piracy. Go try putting your money into making better movies and you'll find that you might make some more by people wanting to goto the theaters.