8-28-05
RE: http://stopscientology.com/
Church of Scientology International (“CSI”) and Religious Technology Center (“RTC”) has notified Yahoo! Inc. ("Yahoo!") that you have posted copyrighted material in connection with your Yahoo!® Web hosting service, which is proprietary to Church of Scientology International (“CSI”) and Religious Technology Center (“RTC”). Church of Scientology International (“CSI”) and Religious Technology Center (“RTC”) has further notified Yahoo! that you are not authorized to use the material in question: http://www.stopscientology.com/whatisscientology/scientology.jpg
http://www.stopscientology.com/whatisscientology/scientology1.jpg
http://www.stopscientology.com/whatisscientology/scientology_2.jpg
http://www.stopscientology.com/scam.jpg
http://www.stopscientology.com/tom_cruise_countdown.jpg
http://www.stopscientology.com/scientology.jpg
http://www.stopscientology.com/2.jpg
http://www.stopscientology.com/scientology1.jpg
Yahoo! respects the rights of both its users and the owners and rights holders of intellectual property. Accordingly, and in compliance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and/or other applicable federal law(s), Yahoo! intends to expeditiously remove or disable access to the copyrighted material in question. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT UNLESS THE MATERIAL IN QUESTION IS REMOVED, OR ACCESS TO THE MATERIAL IS DISABLED, WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT (48) HOURS, YAHOO! INTENDS TO DISABLE ACCESS TO THE MATERIAL.
Through your use of Yahoo!® Web hosting services you agree to abide by the Yahoo! Terms of Service as well as any additional Terms of Service applicable to you. The current Yahoo! Terms of Service may be reviewed at: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms. Pursuant to Section 6 of the Terms of Service, Member Conduct, you agree not to use Yahoo!® services to "upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights . . . of any party."
As you know, Yahoo! may terminate any and/or all services and accounts without notice. This notice is provided to you as a courtesy. Without waiving or limiting any rights or remedies Yahoo! has or may have, you are hereby advised that our receipt of another notification of infringement alleging your unauthorized use of another party's intellectual property may result in not only the termination of your Yahoo!® Web hosting service, but the termination of all Yahoo! services as well as the deactivation of your Yahoo! ID.
If you wish to attempt to resolve the matter by dealing with
Church of Scientology International (“CSI”) and Religious Technology Center (“RTC”) directly, Church of Scientology International (“CSI”) and Religious Technology Center (“RTC”) may be contacted at:
By Email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
If you believe that you were designated by Church of Scientology International (“CSI”) and Religious Technology Center (“RTC”) by mistake or misidentification, or if you believe that you have not infringed the copyrights of Church of Scientology International (“CSI”) and Religious Technology Center (“RTC”), you may submit a sworn counter-notification as to the mistake or misidentification. To be effective, counter-notifications shall be in writing and include:
1. Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled, including the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled;
2. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification;
3. Your name, address and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which the address provided by you is located (or if the address provided by you is outside the United States, you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for any judicial district in which Yahoo! may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the complaining party or its agent; and
4. Your physical or electronic signature on the counter-notification. Any counter-notification shall be submitted to Yahoo!'s Copyright Agent in accordance with the contact information provided below, which is also available at:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/copyright/copyright.html.
Please be advised that Yahoo! will provide a copy of such a counter-notification (including your name, address, telephone number and any other contact information provided) to Church of Scientology International (“CSI”) and Religious Technology Center (“RTC”). In providing a copy of the counter-notification to Church of Scientology International (“CSI”) and Religious Technology Center (“RTC”) Yahoo! will advise that it intends to replace or re-enable access to the material in question ten (10) business days following the date of the counter-notification unless Yahoo!'s Copyright Agent receives notice that Church of Scientology International (“CSI”) and Religious Technology Center (“RTC”) has filed a court action seeking an order to restrain you from engaging in infringing activity related to the material in question.
We wish to thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation.
Regards,
Copyright Agent, Yahoo! Inc.
copyright@yahoo-inc.com
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c/o Yahoo! Inc.
701 First Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
MY RESPONSE TO THIS NONSENSE
Hello Yahoo,
I am so sorry for any inconvenience this cult,
Scientology, has caused you. I will not dispute these
allegations against me. I'd prefer a dangerous cult
not to know of my name and address. I hope you can
understand.
The images hosted with you that are in question, have
all been removed. I have complied with everything
requested of Scientology Inc. and Yahoo.com within the
48 hour period given to myself.
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http://www.stopscientology.com/whatisscientology/scientology.jpg
http://www.stopscientology.com/whatisscientology/scientology1.jpg
http://www.stopscientology.com/whatisscientology/scientology_2.jpg
http://www.stopscientology.com/scam.jpg
http://www.stopscientology.com/tom_cruise_countdown.jpg
http://www.stopscientology.com/scientology.jpg
http://www.stopscientology.com/2.jpg
http://www.stopscientology.com/scientology1.jpg
I hope you Have a wonderful weekend-
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Wow, another one from the Church of Scientology Lawyers .........
This time they are including everything in the "trademark infringement". It's time to change hosting companies.
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8-30-05
RE: http://www.stopscientology.com
Church of Scientology International (“CSI”) and Religious Technology Center (“RTC”) has notified Yahoo! Inc. ("Yahoo!") that you have posted copyrighted and trademarked material in connection with your Yahoo!® Web hosting service, which is proprietary to Church of Scientology International (“CSI”) and Religious Technology Center (“RTC”). Church of Scientology International (“CSI”) and Religious Technology Center (“RTC”) has further notified Yahoo! that you are not authorized to use the material in question on:
http://www.stopscientology.com
Yahoo! respects the rights of both its users and the owners and rights holders of intellectual property. Accordingly, and in compliance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and/or other applicable federal law(s), Yahoo! intends to expeditiously remove or disable access to the copyrighted material in question. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT UNLESS THE MATERIAL IN QUESTION IS REMOVED, OR ACCESS TO THE MATERIAL IS DISABLED, WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT (48 HOURS, YAHOO! INTENDS TO DISABLE ACCESS TO THE MATERIAL.
Through your use of Yahoo!® Web hosting services you agree to abide by the Yahoo! Terms of Service as well as any additional Terms of Service applicable to you. The current Yahoo! Terms of Service may be reviewed at: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms. Pursuant to Section 6 of the Terms of Service, Member Conduct, you agree not to use Yahoo!® services to "upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights . . . of any party."
As you know, Yahoo! may terminate any and/or all services and accounts without notice. This notice is provided to you as a courtesy. Without waiving or limiting any rights or remedies Yahoo! has or may have, you are hereby advised that our receipt of another notification of infringement alleging your unauthorized use of another party's intellectual property may result in not only the termination of your Yahoo!® Web hosting service, but the termination of all Yahoo! services as well as the deactivation of your Yahoo! ID.
If you wish to attempt to resolve the matter by dealing with Church of Scientology International (“CSI”) and Religious Technology Center (“RTC”) directly, Church of Scientology International (“CSI”) and Religious Technology Center (“RTC”) may be contacted at:
By Email: XXXXXXXXXXXXX
If you believe that you were designated by Church of Scientology International (“CSI”) and Religious Technology Center (“RTC”) by mistake or misidentification, or if you believe that you have not infringed the copyrights of Church of Scientology International (“CSI”) and Religious Technology Center (“RTC”), you may submit a sworn counter-notification as to the mistake or misidentification. To be effective, counter-notifications shall be in writing and include:
1. Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled, including the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled;
2. A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification;
3. Your name, address and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which the address provided by you is located (or if the address provided by you is outside the United States, you consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for any judicial district in which Yahoo! may be found), and that you will accept service of process from the complaining party or its agent; and
4. Your physical or electronic signature on the counter-notification.
Any counter-notification shall be submitted to Yahoo!'s Copyright Agent in accordance with the contact information provided below, which is also available at:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/copyright/copyright.html.
Please be advised that Yahoo! will provide a copy of such a counter-notification (including your name, address, telephone number and any other contact information provided) to Church of Scientology International (“CSI”) and Religious Technology Center (“RTC”). In providing a copy of the counter-notification to Church of Scientology International (“CSI”) and Religious Technology Center (“RTC”) Yahoo! will advise that it intends to replace or re-enable access to the material in question ten (10) business days following the date of the counter-notification unless Yahoo!'s Copyright Agent receives notice that Church of Scientology International (“CSI”) and Religious Technology Center (“RTC”) has filed a court action seeking an order to restrain you from engaging in infringing activity related to the material in question.
We wish to thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation.
Regards,
Copyright Agent, Yahoo! Inc.
copyright@yahoo-inc.com
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c/o Yahoo! Inc.
701 First Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
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9-4-05 Ooooh the story continues on with the Church of Scientology Lawyers
Yeah, so I just switched my hosting over to powweb.com and get this today-
Hi,
I. Photographs.
Your subscriber has placed several photographs owned by our clients, L.
Ron Hubbard Library and CSI on his or her webpages. These copyrighted
works are located under the following URLs:
http://www.stopscientology.com
http://www.stopscientology.com/cult.html
http://www.stopscientology.com/ot1.html
http://www.stopscientology.com/domains.html
http://www.stopscientology.com/xenu.html
http://www.stopscientology.com/breakup.html
http://www.stopscientology.com/auditing.html
http://www.stopscientology.com/otlevels.html
http://www.stopscientology.com/narconon.html
http://www.stopscientology.com/aliens.html
http://www.stopscientology.com/xenu.html
http://www.stopscientology.com/lronhubbardjr.html
http://www.stopscientology.com/freewinds.html
http://www.stopscientology.com/tom_cruise.html
http://www.stopscientology.com/beck.html
http://www.stopscientology.com/ebay.html
http://www.stopscientology.com/nyc.html
http://www.stopscientology.com/stolen_valor.html
http://www.stopscientology.com/investigation.html
http://www.stopscientology.com/stolenvalor.html
http://www.stopscientology.com/whatisscientology.html
http://www.stopscientology.com/alienassrape.html
http://www.stopscientology.com/3.jpg
http://www.stopscientology.com/index.html
II. Unauthorized Use Of Registered Trademarks
RTC is the owner of the trademarks and service marks of the Scientology
religion, including the following:
1. "Scientology" which is registered with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office under registration numbers 1,755,441; 1,540,928;
1,342,353; 1,329,474; 1,318,717; 1,306,997; and 0898018.
2. The Scientology Symbol ("S" and double triangle) which is registered
with the United States Trademark Office under registration numbers
678,100; 1,296,040; 1,727,436; 1,646,324; 1,280,999; and
3. The Scientology Cross which is registered with the United States
Trademark Office under registration numbers 1012452 and 1325117.
These trademarks have been placed on your web site without RTC's
authorization under the following URLs:
http://www.stopscientology.com/nyc.jpg
http://www.stopscientology.com/investigation.jpg
http://www.stopscientology.com/lopez4.jpg
Please feel free to email me back if you have additional questions!
Thanks,
Winnie C.
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I respond back about the Scientology Lawyers -
Hi Winnie,
I. Photographs. - Can you please tell me which copyrighted works they are referring to?
II. Unauthorized Use Of Registered Trademarks- These images have been fixed.
Please email me when you hear back from Scientology Inc. about
"I. Photographs" so I can fix this and stay online. I appreciate your time in this matter-
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These court battles are like a chess game a wise man once told me. Scientology's move is to show what images are copyrighted material. In the meantime, I've altered the images on my site that I know they will go after - http://www.stopscientology.com/
You can also see what I'm talking about on my other site http://www.alienassrape.com
I think my site looks cooler like this anyway
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Winnie from powweb.com responds.........
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Hi Fred,
I have just emailed the scientology representative regarding which
specific photographs they are talking about. Once I get a reply from
them, I'll let you know.
Please feel free to email me back if you have additional questions!
Thanks,
Winnie C.
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Posted: 08 Sep 2005 01:52
Critic Dave Touretzky from http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/ steps up to help out another critic. Thanks Dave!!
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Here's the page I made to justify fair use of the image:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Secrets/StolenValor/
And here's the direct link to the image:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Secrets/StolenValor/lrh-purple-heart.jpg
Feel free to transclude (hot link) the image on any page you like.
-- Dave
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It's been over 48 hours and my site is still up. I think I won this battle-
Thanks to Andreas, Arnie, Tigger, mgormez, programmer guy and all the other critics who offered help and suggestions in this matter.
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Church of Scientology Lawyers fight back
9-8-05
I guess we're not done here.................
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Hi Fred,
Here is the reply from the scientology representative:
here are the URLs that go directly to the photographs we are writing to
you about. To let you know, your customer has removed all of the
photographs except for those under the following URLs:
http://www.stopscientology.com/scientology_2.jpg
http://www.stopscientology.com/tom_cruise_countdown.jpg
Additionally, there is another photograph your customer either added
to his Powweb webpage after our letter was sent or perhaps we missed it.
The copyright to this photograph belongs to our client, Church of
Scientology, Flag Service Organization ("Flag"). This photograph can be
found under the following URL:
http://www.stopscientology.com/freewinds.jpg
Likewise, your customer did not remove the trademark infringements
which were included in my letter and which are still contained under
these URLs:
http://www.stopscientology.com/nyc.jpg
http://www.stopscientology.com/investigation.jpg
Please feel free to email me back if you have additional questions!
Thanks,
Winnie C.
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My response back.............
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Hi Winnie,
These images are no longer hosted through Powweb.com
http://www.stopscientology.com /scientology_2.jpg
http://www.stopscientology.com /freewinds.jpg
This image has been replaced
http://www.stopscientology.com /tom_cruise_countdown.jpg
These images have been altered as to not violate any trademark
infringement and are now hosted under different names
http://www.stopscientology.com /nyc.jpg
http://www.stopscientology.com /investigation.jpg
I have complied %100 with Scientology Incorporated and their ridiculous
complaint against me.
Winnie, I appreciate your time in this matter and hope that you don't
have to deal with this nonsense any further. Have a great Friday and
enjoy your weekend!!
Thank you!!
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Winnie from Powweb.com responds
(she definitely dislikes Scientology more than me)
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Hi Fred,
Thanks. You have a good Friday and weekend also!
Please feel free to email me back if you have additional questions!
Thanks,
Winnie C.
The Church of Scientology is harassing scienTOMogy.info
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