Email 1 ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 8:40 PM Subject: Infringement of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.'s Copyrights May 31, 2005 To Whom it May Concern: I, the undersigned, CERTIFY UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY that I am an agent authorized to act on behalf of the owner of certain intellectual property rights, said owner being named John Wiley & Sons, Inc., a global publisher of books, journals, and other products, or one of its related companies ("Wiley"). We recently learned that unauthorized copies of the material listed below are available for download on a website hosted by your company at the following URL address: http://www.mininova.org/sub/50/size. The material is as follows: 1. Adobe Premiere Elements For Dummies (ISBN 0764578812) by Keith Underdahl (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/14755) 2. Art of Deception (ISBN 0471237124) by Kevin Mitnick (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/47936) 3. ASP.NET Bible (ISBN 0764548166) by Mridula Parihar (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/48517) 4. AutoCAD 2005 For Dummies (ISBN 0764571389) by Mark Middlebrook (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/9009 & http://www.mininova.org/tor/39145 & http://www.mininova.org/tor/2234 & http://www.mininova.org/tor/2374) 5. Beginning JavaScript (ISBN 0764555871) by Paul Wilton (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/3631) 6. Building Your Business With Google For Dummies (ISBN 0764571435) by Brad Hill (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/2217) 7. C++ For Dummies (ISBN 0764568523) by Stephen Davis (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/12728 & http://www.mininova.org/tor/48687) 8. C++ Bible (ISBN 0764546546) by Al Stevens (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/35501) 9. C# Bible (ISBN 0764548344) by Jeff Ferguson (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/35501) 10. Car Hacks & Mods For Dummies (ISBN 0764571427) by David Vespremi (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/38378) 11. Creating Family Web Sites For Dummies (ISBN 076457938X) by Janine Warner (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/40590) 12. Dungeons & Dragons For Dummies (ISBN 0764584596) by William Slavicsek (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/40294) 13. Hacking For Dummies (ISBN 076455784X) by Kevin Beaver (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/34947) 14. Hacking Windows XP (ISBN 0764569295) by Steven Sinchak (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/48518) 15. Home Networking Bible (ISBN 0764544160) by Sue Plumley (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/25765) 16. Linux All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies (ISBN 0764579363) by Naba Barkakati (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/37379) 17. Linux For Dummies (ISBN 0764579371) by Dee-Ann LeBlanc (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/48429) 18. Macromedia Studio MX 2004 All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies (ISBN 0764544071) by Damon Dean (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/40665) 19. Macromedia Studio MX 2004 Bible (ISBN 0764544721) by Joyce Evans (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/3610 & http://www.mininova.org/tor/3614) 20. Macs For Dummies (ISBN 0764556568) by David Pogue (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/39593) 21. Paint Shop Pro 9 For Dummies (ISBN 0764579355) by David Kay (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/31099) 22. PHP & MySQL For Dummies (ISBN 0764555898) by Janet Valade (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/43434) 23. Piano For Dummies (ISBN 0764551051) by Blake Neely (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/47251) 24. Poker For Dummies (ISBN 0764552325) by Richard Harroch (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/41727) 25. Red Hat Linux Fedora For Dummies (ISBN 0764506633) by Jon Hall (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/26256) 26. Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering (ISBN 0764574817) by Eldad Eliam (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/47608) 27. Semantic Web: A Guide to the Future of XML, Web Services and Knowledge Management (ISBN 0471432571) by Michael Daconta (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/32128) 28. SUSE Linux 9 Bible (ISBN 0764577395) by Justin Davies (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/14242) 29. Troubleshooting Your PC For Dummies (ISBN 0764577425) by Dan Gookin (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/27589 & http://www.mininova.org/tor/41748) 30. UNIX For Dummies (ISBN 0764541471) by John Levine (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/48703 & http://www.mininova.org/tor/48404) 31. Webster’s New World Essential Vocabulary (ISBN 0764571656) by David Herzog (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/41744) 32. Windows XP GigaBook For Dummies (ISBN 0764569228) by Peter Werverka (URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/30706) I have a good faith belief that the use of the title(s) identified above is (are) not authorized by Wiley, its agent, or the law and therefore infringe Wiley's rights according to state, federal, or United States law. Needless to say, this constitutes a serious violation of our rights. We understand that many responsible ISPs inadvertently infringe the copyrights of others, and that this may be one such case. Accordingly, we will forbear legal action against your company provided that you comply with the following: 1. You remove or block access to the infringing matter within 48 hours of the time and date of this e-mail; and 2. You provide reasonably requested assistance in helping Wiley to find and prosecute the responsible party/parties. This includes sending me any information you have on file regarding the poster of the material. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. Sincerely, Patrick Murphy Paralegal John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Mail Stop 3-05 Hoboken, NJ 07030 Phone: 201-748-6014 / Fax: 201-748-6500 E-Mail Address: pmurphy@wiley.com My name, typed above, constitutes an electronic signature under Federal law, and is intended to be binding. Email 2 (digitally Siged) ----- Original Message ----- From: MSAntiPiracy02 To: webmaster@mininova.org Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 5:48 PM Subject: Demand for Immediate Take Down - Notice of Infringing Activity - MS Ref. 36948 VIA EMAIL: Demand for Immediate Take-Down: Notice of Infringing Activity URL: http://www.mininova.org/tor/20865, http://www.mininova.org/tor/21891, http://www.mininova.org/get/21891/Windows%20Mobile%202005.torrent, http://www.mininova.org/get/20865/wm2005.torrent CASE #: 36948 04 April 2005 Dear Sir or Madam, Microsoft has received information that the domain listed above, which appears to be on servers under your control, is offering unlicensed copies of, or is engaged in other unauthorized activities relating to copyrighted computer programs published by Microsoft. 1. Identification of copyrighted works: Computer program(s): Windows Mobile 2005 Copyright owner: Microsoft Corporation 2. Copyright infringing material or activity found at the following location(s): http://www.mininova.org/tor/20865, http://www.mininova.org/tor/21891, http://www.mininova.org/get/21891/Windows%20Mobile%202005.torrent, http://www.mininova.org/get/20865/wm2005.torrent The above computer program(s) is being made available for copying, through downloading, at the above location without authorization of the copyright owner. 3. Statement of authority: I hereby certify under penalty of perjury that the information in this notice is accurate and that I am authorized to act on behalf of Microsoft, the owner of the copyright(s) in the work(s) identified above. I have a good faith belief that none of the materials or activities listed above have been authorized by Microsoft, its agents, or the law. We hereby give notice of these activities to you and request that you take expeditious action to remove or disable access to the material described above, and thereby prevent the illegal reproduction and distribution of this software via your company's network. We appreciate your cooperation in this matter. Please advise us regarding what actions you take. Yours sincerely, James Young Internet Investigator on behalf of Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 United States of America E-mail: Internet1@microsoft-antipiracy.com Email 3 From: Lee Roberts To: webmaster@mininova.org Cc: Ash Young ; skoo ; weebl Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 1:13 PM Subject: torrent removal Dear Sir I am writing to you to request that you remove with immediate effect the following torrent, of which this company holds the copyright: The everyday happenings of Wobbl and sometimes Wobbl's friend, Bob http://www.mininova.org/tor/50749 WOBBL_AND_BOB_DVD1.ISO.torrent my contact details are listed below, and I can be emailed at lee@sumo-dojo.com please reply to this email as soon as possible to let me know the status of this request and any further information you may require. Lee Roberts PA/ Production Manager Sumo Dojo Productions Ltd. 76 Tottenham Court Road London W1T 2HG Tel. 020 7580 2785 Email 4, actually a chain of emails, I've re-ordered them to be in chronological order a) Original request From: "O'Reilly Media Legal Department" To: Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 11:41 PM Subject: Cease and Desist from O'Reilly Dear Sir or Madam, It has come to our attention that your site http://www.mininova.org is offering books of O'Reilly Media, Inc. (formerly O'Reilly & Associates) for display and/or sale, including but not limited to the books at these URL's: http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=oreilly http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=o%27reilly This is to notify you that the copyrights to the books published by O'Reilly are owned by O'Reilly. Any copying and distribution without an express license is a violation of those copyrights. Accordingly, we hereby demand that you remove all O'Reilly books from your website, and cease and desist from further copying, sales or distribution of O'Reilly's work. Kindly confirm your compliance with this demand by reply email. Sincerely, Legal Department O'Reilly Media, Inc. 1005 Gravenstein Highway North Sebastopol, CA 95472 b) Clarification for information to comply with exact wording of the DMCA At 10:34 PM 4/29/2005, Mininova wrote: Hi, I'm very sorry you didn't took the time to send us a complete removal request, like the previous time. I hope you understand that we can't approve this request. Please read our "Copyright" section at http://www.mininova.org/about/ and resend this mail with: * The exact links (no search query) * The complete names of the books * Full contact information, including name and phone number Thanks in advance, Niek Mininova staff member c) From: "O'Reilly Media Legal Department" To: "Mininova" Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 6:38 PM Subject: Re: Cease and Desist from O'Reilly Dear Niek, Thank you for your response. Here is the list of O'Reilly Media, Inc. books (formerly O'Reilly & Associates) available on your site www.mininova.org: http://www.mininova.org/tor/29676 Firefox Hacks http://www.mininova.org/tor/34551 Firefox Hacks http://www.mininova.org/tor/24932 Linux Device Drivers http://www.mininova.org/tor/34659 Mac OS X Unwired http://www.mininova.org/tor/26076 Mac OS X Hacks http://www.mininova.org/tor/24329 O'Reilly Books (no title specified) http://www.mininova.org/tor/1911 IRC Hacks http://www.mininova.org/tor/30476 Windows XP Hacks This is to notify you that the copyrights to the books published by O'Reilly are owned by O'Reilly. Any copying and distribution without an express license is a violation of those copyrights. We thank you in advance for your cooperation in removing these O'Reilly books from your website, and cease and desist from further copying, sales or distribution of O'Reilly's work. Kindly confirm your compliance with this demand by reply email. If you require further information, please contact the Legal Department Manager, Cali Bush at cali@oreilly.com or 707-827-7000. Sincerely, Legal Department O'Reilly Media, Inc. 1005 Gravenstein Highway North Sebastopol, CA 95472 Email 5 - Another chain, significantly more complex a) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Corabi" To: Cc: "William Arntz" ; "Betsy Chasse" Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 2:05 AM Subject: NOTICE OF CLAIMED COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT To whom it may concern: I am the attorney for Lord of the Wind Films, LLC, the producer and copyright owner of the feature film entitled WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW? In accordance with Mininova's copyright infringement policy, this correspondence shall notify you that Mininova.org contains links to pirated copies of my client's feature film entitled WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE NOW?. Request is respectfully made for you to remove the following link: LINK TO TORRENT: http://mininova.org/get/6560/What+The+Bleep+Do+We+Know.avi.torrent NAME OF CONTENT IN QUESTION: WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW? CONTACT INFORMATION: Christopher J. Corabi, Esq. 280 South Beverly Drive, Suite 205 Beverly Hills, California 90212 Phone: (310) 275-7568 Facsimile: (310) 275-7561 Please proceed to remove this posting as soon as possible, and kindly notify me of the same following removal. Thank you for your anticipated prompt attention to this matter. If you require any additional information, please contact me at the numbers listed above. This correspondence is being sent without waiving any of my client's rights and available remedies, all of which are hereby specifically reserved. Best regards, Christopher J. Corabi, Esq. b) From: Mininova [mailto:webmaster@mininova.org] Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 10:29 PM To: Christopher Corabi Subject: Re: NOTICE OF CLAIMED COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT Hi Christopher, Thanks for your mail. Unfortunately, we've no evidence at all that you're really representing LotWF. You've got three choiches: * Resend this mail from a whatthebleep.com mail account, or: * Ask the guys at LotWF to send a mail from a whatthebleep.com mail account stating that you're their attorney, or: * Send me a legal document (contract/power of attourny) stating that you're representing LotWF Thanks in advance, Niek Mininova staff member c) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Corabi" To: "Mininova" Cc: "Melissa Henderson" ; "Will Arntz" ; "Betsy Chasse" Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 1:32 PM Subject: RE: NOTICE OF CLAIMED COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT Dear Niek: Thank you for your prompt response. By copy of this email, I am asking that either Betsy, Will (the producers of bleep), or Melissa reply to this transmittal from their whatthebleep.com address in order to verify that I am indeed counsel for Lord of the Wind, LLC. Thank you. Christopher J. Corabi, Esq. 280 South Beverly Drive, Suite 205 Beverly Hills, California 90212 Phone: (310) 275-7568 Facsimile: (310) 275-7561 d) From: "Betsy Chasse" To: Cc: "Christopher Corabi" ; "'William Arntz'" Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 1:34 PM Subject: "What The Bleep Do We Know?!" Dear Nick- I'm not sure if my betsy@whatthebleep.com address will come up as I am traveling- however if you check our website you will see that I am a producer of the film and Manager of Lord of the Wind Films, LLC. Christopher Corabi is indeed my lawyer. And you have one choice- remove the pirated copy of my film from your site or I will take all legal actions available to me. Betsy Chasse Producer - "What The Bleep Do We Know!?" e) From: "Melissa" To: Cc: ; ; Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 1:42 PM Subject: What the Bleep Do We Know? NOTICE OF CLAIMED COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT Dera Niek, I confirm that Christopher Corabi is indeed cousel for Lord of the Wind Films, LLC/Captured Light Distribution and "What the Bleep Do We Know?!". Kind regards, Melissa Henderson Manager of Operations Captured Light Distribution Lord of the Wind Films, LLC (360)748-3973 f) From: "Mininova" To: "Betsy Chasse" ; "Christopher Corabi" ; "Melissa Henderson" ; "Will Arntz" Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 1:43 PM Subject: Re: "What The Bleep Do We Know?!" Hi, I ask you to keep your mails polite, keep in mind that we're not forced at all to remove the torrents. Hosting torrents is fully legal in NL (if you think different: sue me please!), this is just an extra service for companies like yours. So don't spoil your credibility... OK, about the torrent: I removed it from the database/listing. Keep in mind that the torrent is still tracked at the tracker, you've to contact the responsible admins to completely stop redistribution of the content. Please confirm the receipt of this mail, so we're able to help you in future cases. Have a nice day! Niek Mininova staff member g) From: "Christopher Corabi" To: Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 1:53 PM Subject: RE: "What The Bleep Do We Know?!" Niek - Betsy may not fully understand the concept of Mininova and that you are not blatantly pirating the film. Nonetheless, we appreciate your assistance in removing the link as requested. Thank you. Christopher J. Corabi, Esq. 280 South Beverly Drive, Suite 205 Beverly Hills, California 90212 Phone: (310) 275-7568 Facsimile: (310) 275-7561 Notice that in these emails, notice how the website owner, 'Niek' keeps calm, and businesslike, and open. Email 5f is a clear example of this.