Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 15:08:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: Helena Kobrin <hkk@netcom.com>
Subject: 
To: anon2c9e@nyx.cs.du.edu

Dear Henry:
 
     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.

     I have been informed that you have posted on
alt.religion.scientology and alt.slack a portion of the OT VII
materials without the authorization of my client, who, of course,
would not have given such authorization had it been requested. 

Your action violates my 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.  You are also to delete thesea
and any other OT materials from your hard drive and any floppy
disks and to destroy any hard copies you have made.

     In addition, your downloading of the copyrighted and trade
secret OT VII materials 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unpublished materials, as even Dennis Erlich's attorney had to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.  There is also no fair use 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, my client will have no other
recourse but to initiate legal action to compel compliance. 

Sincerely,

Helena K. Kobrin