From: <
HKKOBRIN@aol.com>
To: <
me@ishkur.com>
Sent: February 23, 2007 4:11:56 PM
Subject: Notice of Copyright Infringement
Dear Mr. Taylor:
Our office represents the L. Ron Hubbard Library, the owner of the copyrights to a number of photographs of Mr. L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of the Scientology religion.
Please be advised that you have posted one of our client’s copyrighted photographs of L. Ron Hubbard (registration TX-4-217-712) on your website. This copyrighted work can be found under the following URL:
http://www.ishkur.com/posters/religion.php
Your posting of this photograph violates United States copyright law. The reproduction of a photograph in its entirety constitutes copyright infringement. See Rogers v. Koons, 751 F.Supp. 474, 478 (S.D.N.Y. 1990) aff’d, 960 F.2d 301 (2nd Cir.), cert. denied, 506 U.S. 934 (1992); see also, Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Russ Hardenburgh, Inc., 982 F.Supp. 503, 513 (N.D.Ohio 1997) (where defendants were found to have violated plaintiff’s exclusive publication right by moving subscriber-uploaded photographs to common bulletin board service files); Playboy Enteprises, Inc. v. Webbworld, Inc., 991 F.Supp. 543 (N.D.Texas 1997) (where court found that the owner of an internet site infringed a magazine publisher’s copyrights by displaying copyrighted images on its web site).
Accordingly, we request that you remove this photograph from your website.
We would appreciate your prompt attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Helena Kobrin
Moxon & Kobrin
3055 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 900
Los Angeles, California 90010
Tel: (213) 487-4468
Fax: (213) 487-5385
