Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 16:50:20 -0800 (PST)
From: Helena Kobrin <hkk@netcom.com>
Subject: unauthorized posting of copyright and trade secret materials
To: rnewman@cybercom.net

     Dear Mr. Newman:

          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 under No.
     TXU-303-388.

          I have been informed that you have posted on
     a web site 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.  This is true
     regardless of whether you ever signed an agreement with
     respect to the confidentiality of the OT materials.  You are
     on notice that they are regarded as trade secrets, and case
     law from several jurisdictions holds that an individual who
     is on notice is liable for trade secret misappropriation.


     Sincerely,
     Helena K. Kobrin