Grad beim
Stöbern auf heise.de entdeckt:
"Mit der Aufforderung an die Betreiber der schwedischen Tracker-Site thePirateBay.org, Urheberrechtsverstöße rund um den Film Shrek 2 zu unterlassen, scheint das Hollywood-Studio DreamWorks SKG auf Granit zu beißen. Dabei hatte Dreamworks eigens die auf Urheberrechtsverletzungen spezialisierte US-Kanzlei Keats McFarland & Wilson, LLP mit der Vertretung seiner Interessen beauftragt. Deren Anwalt Dennis L. Wilson schickte besagtes -- und mittlerweile im Internet veröffentlichtes -- Schreiben (Text-Version, PDF-Version) an die BitTorrent-Website-Betreiber, in dem er sich auf den Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) beruft."
Hier die Mail vom Dreamworks-Anwalt:
Dennis L. Wilson, Esq.
KEATS McFARLAND & WILSON, LLP
9720 Wilshire Blvd., Penthouse Suite
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Tel: (310) 248-3830
Fax: (310) 860-0363
August 23, 2004
VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL
AND U.S. MAIL
ThePirateBay.org
Box 1206
Stockholm 11479
SWEDEN
tracker-40-aa-5f-03-412675c8@prq.to
Re: Unauthorized Use of DreamWorks SKG Properties
http://www.thepiratebay.org
To Whom It May Concern:
This letter is being written to you on behalf of our
client, DreamWorks SKG (hereinafter ^ÓDreamWorks^Ô).
DreamWorks is the exclusive owner of all copyright,
trademark and other intellectual property rights in
and to the ^ÓShrek 2^Ô motion picture. No one is
authorized to copy, reproduce, distribute, or
otherwise use the ^ÓShrek 2^Ô motion picture without
the express written permission of DreamWorks.
It has come to our attention that the web site
located at ^Óhttp://www.thepiratebay.org,^Ô for which
you are the service provider, is reproducing,
distributing, and/or offering for sale the ^ÓShrek 2^Ô
motion picture. Attached hereto are photocopies of
representative pages from the aforementioned web site.
DreamWorks has the good faith belief that the use of
the material in the manner complained of is not
authorized by DreamWorks, its agent or the law.
DreamWorks diligently enforces its rights in
the ^ÓShrek 2^Ô motion picture in all forms of media.
Our client rightfully takes its responsibility for
the protection of the ^ÓShrek 2^Ô motion picture very
seriously.
As you may be aware, Internet Service Providers can
be held liable if they do not respond to claims of
infringement pursuant to the requirements of the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). In
accordance with the DMCA, we request your assistance
in the removal of infringements of the ^ÓShrek 2^Ô
motion picture from this web site and any other sites
for which you act as an Internet Service Provider.
We further declare under penalty of perjury that we
are authorized to act on behalf of DreamWorks and
that the information in this letter is accurate.
Please contact me immediately to discuss this matter
further.
Nothing contained in this letter constitutes an
express or implied waiver of any rights, remedies or
defenses of DreamWorks, all of which are expressly
reserved.
Very truly yours,
Dennis L. Wilson
Keats McFarland & Wilson LLP
DLW:al
Enclosures (via mail)
cc: DreamWorks SKG
Die Antwort der thePirateBay.org-Betreiber kam postwendend und ließ an Deutlichkeit nichts zu wünschen übrig:
As you may or may not be aware, Sweden is not a state in the United States of America.
Sweden is a country in northern Europe.
Unless you figured it out by now, US law does not apply here.
For your information, no Swedish law is being violated.
Please be assured that any further contact with us, regardless of medium, will result in
a) a suit being filed for harassment
b) a formal complaint lodged with the bar of your legal counsel, for
sending frivolous legal threats.
It is the opinion of us and our lawyers that you are fucking morons, and
that you should please go sodomize yourself with retractable batons.
Please also note that your e-mail and letter will be published in full on
http://www.thepiratebay.org.
Go fuck yourself.
Polite as usual,
anakata