Helena's e-mail to Martin Poulter

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Date: Thu, 6 Jul 1995 15:50:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: Helena Kobrin 
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Dear Mr. Poulter:

     I represent Religious Technology Center ("RTC"), the owner
of the confidential Advanced Technology of the religion of
Scientology, and the holder of the exclusive rights under the
copyrights applicable to the Advanced Technology materials. 
Among these copyrighted and confidential materials are the
Advanced Technology materials of a level known as "OT VII."  The
copyright for OT VII is registered with the United States
Copyright Office.

     We have been informed that you have posted on
alt.religion.scientology one page of OT VII materials 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 an electronic copy of the copyrighted material and the
unauthorized disclosure of trade secrets materials.

     These actions constitute violations of applicable copyright
laws and trade secret misappropriation entitling our client to
damages and an injunction.  It is essential that you take
immediate and effective action to remove the unauthorized copy
from the Internet, and that you refrain from any repetition of
this or similar acts in the future.

     In addition, your downloading of the copyright and trade
secret materials contained in "SCAMIZDAT" also violates laws
prohibiting copyright infringement and trade secret
misappropriation.  Your use and disclosure of these materials is
*not* fair use.  No case in the United States has ever found fair
use to apply to copying unpublished materials, as even Dennis
Erlich's attorney had to admit in open court.  In England, the
"fair dealing" defense is also inapplicable to publication or
copying of unpublished materials.  And there is no fair use or
fair dealing defense to trade secret misappropriation.

     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 will have no other recourse but
to initiate legal action to compel compliance.  We have contacted
our British colleagues in this regard.

Sincerely,


Helena K. Kobrin