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Old 09-16-2004, 05:03 AM  
LasseKongos
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The Pirate Bay and Copyright Infringement VOL.2 (funny)

MAIL from Electronic Arts Inc:

From [email protected] Mon Sep 13 07:20:17 2004
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 12:31:56 -0700
Wrom: ULHPQQWOYIYZUNNYCGPKYLEJGDGVCJVTLBXFGG
To: abuse_prq.se, tiamo_prq.se, abuse_thepiratebay.org, abuse_port80.se
Subject: Copyright Infringement





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September 14, 2004

SENT VIA E-MAIL

Fredrik Neij
PRQ
Box 1206
Stockholm, Sweden 11479


Re: Electronic Arts Trademark and Copyright
Infringement Notice


Dear Mr. Neij:

It has been brought to the attention of Electronic Arts Inc. ("EA") that
the website http://www.piratebay.org with the IP addresses of
217.75.120.115, 217.75.120.116, 217.75.120.118 is conducting unauthorized
activities with respect to EA's copyrighted software, The Sims 2. The
aforementioned website is offering and distributing bittorrent seeds for
an unauthorized downloadable version of this EA game.

The infringing material may be found at:

http://www.piratebay.org/download.ph...ms%202.torrent

http://www.piratebay.org/download.ph...ne-CLONEGAME_F
ull.Release_%28exclusive_for_trackerwww.prq.to%29. torrent


This unauthorized activity with respect to the distribution of EA's
software products constitutes infringement of EA's intellectual property
rights. EA enforces its intellectual property rights very aggressively by
using every legal option available.

As you are listed as the registrant for this website, EA demands that you
immediately and permanently disable access to the aforementioned
bittorrent seeds for The Sims 2 and any in the future.

Thank you for your cooperation. If you have any questions concerning
this matter, please contact us via e-mail at:
[email protected].


Regards,

EA Law - IP Enforcement

Electronic Arts Inc.

[email protected]


ANSWER FROM The Pirate Bay:

From anakata_anakata.hack.se Mon Sep 13 07:20:31 2004
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 07:19:36 -0100 (GMT)
Wrom: MEPYOQKEDOTWFAOBUZXUWLSZLKBRNVWWC
To: Piracy - Online <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Copyright Infringement

On Tue, 14 Sep 2004, Piracy - Online wrote:

> September 14, 2004
>
> SENT VIA E-MAIL
>
> Fredrik Neij
> PRQ
> Box 1206
> Stockholm, Sweden 11479
>
>
> Re: Electronic Arts Trademark and Copyright
> Infringement Notice
>
>
> Dear Mr. Neij:
>
> It has been brought to the attention of Electronic Arts Inc. ("EA") that
> the website http://www.piratebay.org with the IP addresses of
> 217.75.120.115, 217.75.120.116, 217.75.120.118 is conducting
> unauthorized activities with respect to EA's copyrighted software, The
> Sims 2. The aforementioned website is offering and distributing
> bittorrent seeds for an unauthorized downloadable version of this EA
> game.
>
> The infringing material may be found at:
>
> http://www.piratebay.org/download.ph...ms%202.torrent
>
> http://www.piratebay.org/download.ph...coholClone-CLO
> NEGAME_Full.Release_%28exclusive_for_trackerwww.pr q.to%29.torrent
>

Hello and thank you for contacting us. We have shut down the website in
question.

Oh wait, just kidding. We haven't, since the site in question is fully
legal. Unlike certain other countries, such as the one you're in, we have
sane copyright laws here. But we also have polar bears roaming the
streets and attacking people :-(.


> This unauthorized activity with respect to the distribution of EA's
> software products constitutes infringement of EA's intellectual property
> rights. EA enforces its intellectual property rights very aggressively
> by using every legal option available.

Please don't sue us right now, our lawyer is passed out in an alley from
too much moonshine, so please atleast wait until he's found and doesn't
have a huge hangover...

>
> As you are listed as the registrant for this website, EA demands that
> you immediately and permanently disable access to the aforementioned
> bittorrent seeds for The Sims 2 and any in the future.

You're free to demand anything you want. So are we. We demand that you
cease and desist sending letters like this, since they're frivolous and
meaningless. Where should I send the bill for the consumed diskspace and
bandwidth?

> Thank you for your cooperation. If you have any questions concerning
> this matter, please contact us via e-mail at:
> [email protected].
>
>
> Regards,
>
> EA Law - IP Enforcement
> Electronic Arts Inc.
> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>

Thank you for your entertainment. As with all other threats, we will
publish this one on http://static.thepiratebay.org/legal/

//anakata





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