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Grady Ward responds to Helena Kobrin


From grady@netcom.com Fri Mar  3 16:50:12 GMT 1995

: Mon Feb 27 15:08:57 1995
: From: Helena Kobrin 
: Subject: Copyright Infringements
: To: grady@netcom.com


: Dear Mr. Ward:

:      I represent Religious Technology Center ("RTC"), the owner
: of the confidential Advanced Technology of the religion of
: Scientology, and the holder of exclusive rights under the
: copyrights applicable to the Advanced Technology materials. 
: Among these copyrighted and confidential materials are the
: Advanced Technology materials of certain levels known as
: "Operating Thetan Section III," "the L Rundowns The L-12 Rundown
: Step 6," and "NED for OTs Series 1."

:      We have been informed that you have posted 11 pages of
: "Operating Thetan Section III," 4 pages of "the L Rundowns The L-
: 12 Rundown Step 6," 3 pages of "NED for OT's Series 43," and 5
: pages of "NED for OTs Series 1" onto the Internet without the
: authorization of our client, who, of course, would not have given
: such authorization had it been requested.  Your action violates
: our client's legal rights in that it is the unauthorized making
: of electronic copies of the copyrighted material and the
: unauthorized disclosure of trade secrets materials.  

:      These actions constitute violations of the United States
: Copyright laws entitling our client to damages, an injunction,
: and impounding of materials and equipment used in perpetrating
: the infringing acts.  It is essential that you take immediate and
: effective action to remove the unauthorized copies from the
: Internet, and that you refrain from any repetition of this or
: similar acts in the future.

:      I will expect an immediate response from you with a
: statement of your willingness to comply with these demands.  If
: you do not comply immediately, I expect to be authorized to
: initiate legal action to compel compliance.

:                                Very truly yours,



:                                Helena K. Kobrin

: __________________________________________________________________


: Assuming this post is not a prank by some disturbed individual,
: I am shocked that anyone would believe that I would infringe their
: copyright under the US and Berne Copyright Convention.

: You can be sure that I never have had in my possession or transmitted
: the garbage you call your holy scrip. If I did you can be sure that I
: would dispose of it in a way that would express my disgust at your
: attempted trampling of the First Amendment rights of the millions of
: people on Usenet internationally and the continuing, possibly criminal,
: enterprise of Scientology and/or Dianetics.

: I encourage all Usenet users to fully explore their rights under the
: "fair use" doctrine of the US Copyright Law to expose the sham
: enterprise known as "Scientology" and to assert their freedom to fairly
: comment on an important public issue that, you, Helena Kobrin and
: RTC Inc. have thrust into the vortex of public comment.

: Secondly I have heard reports that you, Helena Korbrin and RTC have
: instituted the tactic of cancelling posts to Usenet by fraud. This
: interference of data in interstate commerce is a violation of both state
: and federal law and if substantiated will subject you and officers
: of RTC to both civil and criminal damages, including civil forfeiture.

: Under RICO statutes, you may be liable for treble damages as well as
: forfeiture of all assets used in such a continuing criminal enterprise.

: I will expect an immediate response from you with a
: statement of your willingness to comply with this demand.  If
: you do not comply immediately, I  will file a complaint with
: the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the California State
: Attorney General. Continued harassment may also be grounds for
: dismissal from the California Bar.

: Lastly, since you are aware of the effectiveness of the cryptography
: privacy and authentication program called PGP (telnet to net-dist.mit.edu
: and use password "getpgp" for more information) I have reason
: to doubt that this unsigned PGP message is actually from Helena K.
: Kolbrin, esq. Please register your key and sign your messages in the
: future or use standard methods of legal service.

: Grady Ward
: 3449 Martha Ct.
: Arcata, CA  95521
: +1 707 826 7715 (voice /24hr FAX)


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: Grady Ward  +1 707 826 7715 (voice / 24hr FAX)  grady@netcom.com