| Dear Sir, We are writing to inform you that we have received a complaint alleging that copyright infringement is taking place on your site FACTS4U.COM. It appears that the website contains material being copied, reproduced, or otherwise displayed without the consent of the owner/copyright holder. Infringing on the copyrights of others is a violation of the Go Daddy Hosting Services agreement (http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/legal_agreements/show_doc.asp?pageid=HOSTING%5FSA ), as well as the Domain Name Registration Agreement (http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/legal_agreements/show_doc.asp?pageid=REG%5FSA ). We have included the original complaint we received regarding this matter (below) to help you identify the problem. This notification was submitted pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Go Daddy’s Copyright and Trademark Infringement Policy. Please review Go Daddy's Copyright Policy found at https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/legal_agreements/copyright_trademark.asp. 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Thank you, Molly Copyright Claims Department GoDaddy.com CopyrightClaims@GoDaddy.com ====================== -----ORIGINAL COMPLAINT----- ====================== Subject: Copyright violation From:rockney@chick.com Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:05:25 -0700 To:copyrightclaims@godaddy.com Dear Sirs: This notice is to inform you of a copyright violation occurring on a website registered through godaddy.com. The copyrighted work is a cartoon booklet written by Jack T Chick, with the copyright held in the name of the Jack T Chick LLC of California. Chick Publications, Inc. is the exclusive licensed publisher of his material. We display this booklet on our website in our samples section and sell them in bulk to resellers and individuals on the website www.chick.com. On the domain www.facts4u.com, registered by godaddy.com, the artwork from this booklet is duplicated, with the violator's text added in place of the original text written by Mr. Chick. Your customer is welcome to say whatever he wishes, and is welcome to parody our publication if he wishes to do so, but the law requires that he create his own artwork, not copy that of Mr. Chick. The original copyrighted work is found here: http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0055/0055_01.asp The illegal copy, with changed text, is found here: http://www.facts4u.com/OffSite_Stored_Pages/wyd_files/wyd01.htm Please assist your customer in removing this copyrighted material from his website. I certify that I am the Treasurer of the Chick Publications, Inc., the exclusive licensed publisher of this work. We are obligated by our contract with the copyright holder to defend his copyright. I further certify that the owner of the website www.facts4u.com does not have permission to duplicate this artwork to publish it on his own website. I certify, under penalty of perjury, that this information is correct. I further certify that Chick Publications, Inc. has a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted material described herein is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law. If you have additional questions you may contact me here: Ronald L Rockney, Treasurer Chick Publications, Inc., a California corporation 8780 Archibald Ave. Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 909-987-0771 |
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