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09/13/1998 - 2215

Copyright Terror Still Continues


Austria (VNN) - by Wolfgang Burtscher

One may think that after Harikesa has left ISKCON, himself declaring it to be a dangerous cult, that this would make the "Cintamani Web Cartel" alias "ISKCON BBT" alias "ISKCON BBT Internet Services" alias "BBTI" to stop their bogus copyright claims and desist to threaten the Internet providers. But no. At least Mr. Van den Berg (alias Varnadi, ex-disciple? of Harikesa) still continues as if nothing has happened:

From: barney@atlantic.net
Subject: Copyright Infringement

violation: ISKCON-BBT Internet Services
A division of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
Copyright and legal matters department

September 10, 1998

Dear Sirs,

On one of your customers' sites copyright protected material is offered for downloading. It concerns the following address:

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/2319/index.htm

This address is used by a certain Wolfgang Burtscher as a download area where this copyrighted material is presented. It is linked to from, among others, the following German and Austrian sites:

http://privat.schlund.de/gaura-nitai/bg.htm
http://www.vlbg.at/privat/gaura-nitai/bg.htm

Mr. Burtscher did not receive our prior permission to utilize this material, nor to offer it for downloading. His doing so constitutes a copy right infringement. He has been notified about this on many occasions.

He is persistent, though. Several of his other download sites (on Tripod, Xoom, Fortune City and other free Web page providers) were shut down earlier this year, but it seems that Mr. Burtscher doesn't know where to stop.

On request we can provide you with the necessary documents of proof of ownership. We hope you understand our concern and the seriousness of the matter, as well as the possible consequences this copyright violation may have for you. We therefore kindly request you to get back to us with some idea on how we can solve this problem.

Thank you for your kind cooperation.

Sincerely,

William van den Berg
Legal assistant
Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
ISKCON-BBT Internet Services

P.O. Box 13657
Gainesville FL 32604
U.S.A.
Tel/Fax: +1 (904) 418-0750

I told Mr. Van den Berg that each time he tries to remove this very books from a server, he triggers an enormous amount of bad karma. But he seems not to realize this. So, what can I do? This books are meant for unlimited distribution and not for moneymaking, power politics and revision. I'll continue to put them online again and again and again. Maybe someone can help me to store them on a server, where the provider is willing to face "The Cartel"?

Wolfgang Burtscher
w.burtscher@vlbg.at


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