Posted by Ram Samudrala, Ph.D. on July 22, 1998 at 15:21:15:
In Reply to: PUBLIC NOTICE TO COPYRIGHT VIOLATORS posted by Paul Andrew Mitchell, B.A., M.S. on July 22, 1998 at 08:45:36:
: Mr. Samdrula,
Mr Pal Michell:
You've spelt my last name wrong, and if you must
use titles, it's "Dr."
: You received lawful notice from us last Fall
This is a lie. I received no such notice. The
first notice I received (over e-mail, which
will no longer apply since I have blocked you)
was on July 7, 1998.
, and
: you did nothing at that time about the violation
: which we documented on your computers at
: Stanford University.
This is yet another lie. The pages in question
are NOT on Stanford University computers. They
are in my own personal domain: http://www.ram.org.
These pages have nothing to do with Stanford
and only an ignorant person would think so.
Secondly, these pages in question at the time
notice had NO links to the Federal Zone.
I am now consulting with my attorney about
these blatant lies posted on public forum. Two
can play the same game.
The industry standards
: documented by the Software Publishers Association
: contain a very clear definition of contributory
: infringement (aka "indirect infringement").
: See URL:
: http://www.spa.org/piracy
Which does not apply to my case.
: REMOVE ALL REFERENCES TO "The Federal Zone"
: in any files, databases, or indexes presently
: in your possession or control.
You don't understand English, do you? What
I have is something called "a mutating list
of cool www sites". People add links. People
remove links. If a link dies, it would
automatically get removed. Therefore, there
are no such references right now and haven't
been for months.
And if you had any brains, you would understand
that, but you're obviously ignorant of both
the law and how the Internet works.
--Ram