From hkk@netcom.com Tue Jan 21 00:02 MST 1997 Return-Path: Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 23:03:49 -0800 (PST) From: Helena Kobrin Subject: Unauthorized use of copyrighted material To: perry@hpfcla.fc.hp.com Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Status: RO Dear Mr. Scott: I represent Religious Technology Center ("RTC"), the owner of the confidential Advanced Technology of the Scientology religion and the holder of exclusive rights under the copyrights applicable to the Advanced Technology materials. The Advanced Technology materials are confidential, unpublished, copyrighted works. RTC's works include, among others, the individual works comprising a level known as "NOTs." I have seen a newsgroup posting in which you claim to have a pgp'ed copy of the NOTs works on your disk. These works have been electronically copied by you without the authorization of my client. The works are registered with the US Copyright Office under registration number TXu 257326. This copying violates United States copyright law and constitutes copyright infringement. I therefore demand that you destroy any copy of these materials in your possession immediately. We are currently involved in litigation over the NOTs materials in several lawsuits. A preliminary injunction based on copyright infringement and trade secret misappropriation is in place in three of those suits in the United States District Court in San Jose, California. And a United States District Court in the state of Virginia granted summary judgment in favor of my client, related to copyright infringement of some of these works. Please confirm that you have removed the copyrighted material as requested above. I must warn you that speed in dealing with this situation is critical in light of the fact that unpublished materials are involved. Sincerely, Helena K. Kobrin