FW: Internet Piracy of Planet of the Apes (fwd)

[billstewart@pobox.com]

Sorry Measl, but by posting this information on a computer system,
you are providing a computerized mechanism that simplifies the
pirating process for Potential Infringers who might not have realized that they
could use your "Download Planet Of The Apes From The Internet" technique
to pirate that movie.  This is in violation of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act,
so you're busted!  Go to jail, go directly to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200.
And your Unindicted Co-Conspirator "Fox Anti-Piracy' too...


On 07/23/2001 - 18:36, measl at mfn.org wrote:

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anti Piracy
> Sent: 7/23/01 7:01 PM
> Subject: Internet Piracy of Planet of the Apes
> 
> July 23, 2001
> 
> Via E-Mail
> 
> Re:	Internet Piracy of Planet of the Apes
> 
> Dear Colleagues:
> 
> We at Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation ("Fox") are writing to ask
> for your help and cooperation in the protection of our upcoming
> highly-anticipated motion picture, Planet of the Apes.  Fox is the
> copyright owner and owner of exclusive distribution rights in all media,
> including the Internet, to this motion picture, which is being released
> in the United States and certain other countries on July 27, 2001.  Some
> pre-release screenings are already taking place.
> 
> As you are likely aware, technological developments currently allow the
> seriously detrimental and widespread infringement of intellectual
> property via the unauthorized electronic dissemination of films over the
> Internet.  As widely reported in the media, up to 1 million illegal
> copies of first-run movies are now available on the Internet.  Fox, in
> cooperation with the Motion Picture Association of America ("MPAA"), the
> U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI, is working to combat piracy of
> films on the Internet.  We hope to be able to count on your assistance
> as well.
> 
> We anticipate a high volume of Internet piracy of Planet of the Apes.
> Illegal film footage posted and/or available for download on the
> Internet is usually sourced from video recordings made in movie theaters
> and digitally transferred into electronic video formats.  As Fox is
> making every effort to aggressively battle Internet piracy, it is likely
> that you will notice an increase in the volume of correspondence which
> you receive from Fox and/or from the MPAA.  Therefore, we would like to
> take this opportunity to introduce you to the department responsible for
> combating this issue at Fox which is authorized to act on behalf of
> Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, the copyright owner of Planet of
> the Apes.  Our contact information is: 
> 
> Fox Intellectual Property Department
> (310) 369-4260
> antipiracy at fox.com


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Thanks;
    Bill Stewart <bill.stewart at pobox.com>