Snoop Dogg |
07-04-2003 07:06 PM |
Meta Man
Meta Man,
You are using pictures, which I own the copyright of. Particularly images of my likeness in what's referred to as a "BBS Sig" The name of my copyrighted work is pictures,. I have reserved all rights in these copyrighted pictures, which was first published in 1985 on your Birth Certificate. I registered the copyright with the U.S. copyright office in 1985.
Your copying and or use of my pictures, which appears on your signature at GoFuckYourself.com is unauthorized. You neither asked for nor received permission to use the pictures nor to make or distribute copies of it. Therefore, I believe you have willfully infringed my rights under 17 USC §101, et seq. and could be liable for statutory damages as high as $100,000. Further, such copyright infringement is a direct violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
I demand that you immediately cease the use and distribution of the pictures, and all copies of it, and that you deliver to me all unused, undistributed copies of it, or destroy such copies immediately, and that you desist from this or any other infringement of my rights in the future.
If I have not received proof of compliance from you by 7/4/2003, I shall consider taking the full legal remedies available to rectify this situation.
Sincerely,
Snoop Dogg
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