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Web Sheriff
Protecting Your Rights on the Internet
Tel 44-(0)208-323 8013 / Fax 44-(0)208-323 8080
websheriff@websheriff.com www.websheriff.com

DMCA NOTIFICATION

1. Rights Owner(s) : PRINCE / NPG / AEG
2. Rights Agent : WEB SHERIFF
3. Infringed Rights : COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARK, GOODWILL, IMAGE RIGHTS, PRIVACY RIGHTS & MORAL RIGHTS
4. Infringed Artist(s) : PRINCE
5. Infringing Image(s) : MULTIPLE (PIRATE, UNAUTHORISED & LIBELLOUS)
6. Infringing Activity : COPYRIGHT / TRADEMARK FILE UPLOADING & DOWNLOADING (AND PASSING-OFF OF GOODWILL, INFRINGEMENT OF IMAGE & PRIVACY RIGHTS AND LIBEL)
7. Infringing Web Site :
8. Infringing File Location(s) : b3ta.hnldesign.nl

b3ta.hnldesign.nl/beta366.gif
b3ta.hnldesign.nl/non/prince_artist.jpg

9. DMCA Request : Please remove Infringing Image(s) from Infringing File Location(s) ASAP : thank you.
10. Signature :

Deborah Sykes
for and on behalf of
WEB SHERIFF

'Argentum'
2 Queen Caroline Street
London W6 9DX
United Kingdom
Tel 44-(0)208-323 8013
Fax 44-(0)208-323 8080
websheriff@websheriff.com

(Signed as Duly Authorized Rights Agent

of the Rights Owner(s) Specified Herein)

Note 1 :

The information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, Web Sheriff is authorized to act on behalf of the exclusive owner of the rights alleged to have been infringed in this Notification.

Note 2 :

This DMCA request is issued without prejudice to all of our client's accumulated, worldwide rights in relation to the infringements specified herein - including, but not limited to, the right to seek injunctive relief, the right to sue for damages and the right to seek criminal prosecutions all of which rights are hereby reserved in full.
( c_kick after the tone, the date is, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:14, archived)

Prince's lawyers must be onto us. I hope they're browsing the site right now :D
HOW DARE YOU INFRINGE GOOD WILL AND MORAL RIGHTS!
( Shada, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:16, archived)

took their time

( Gobfrey Shrdlu put his plans for world domination into effect on, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:18, archived)

waited until the challenge put on some more weight

( mediocre HONKA HONKA, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:18, archived)

I think Prince himself should win this weeks compo for making himself look like a cunt

( mediocre HONKA HONKA, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:18, archived)

*clicks*

(THIRTY-TWO - Sputnik -, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:19, archived)

compo'd
;)
( mediocre HONKA HONKA, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:20, archived)

*click'd*
=]
( MrPineapple .co.uk - TSHIRTS FOR SALE. I GIVE YOU GOOD PRICE., Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:21, archived)

HAHA
Damn right.

He did it better than any of us could have.
( MrPineapple .co.uk - TSHIRTS FOR SALE. I GIVE YOU GOOD PRICE., Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:20, archived)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAQAAAA!
*clicks*
( Sir Pigeon Nipples ... Hitler invented rice ..., Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:24, archived)

Indeed

( davew27 the autocomplete for this field is empty., Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:47, archived)

Ha ha ha! Fucking hell, yes.

( An Eagle in Your Mind, Wed 14 Nov 2007, 10:08, archived)

:D
haha

*click*
(spartacus_mills and Rex Hamilton as Abraham Lincoln!, Wed 14 Nov 2007, 13:50, archived)

lol! what a silly prinse!
ok, the lawyergrams must have arrived in b3taland by now
( discomeats lives like a windrammer!, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:36, archived)

Yes
b3ta.com/board/7782994

seems like somebody discovered the image challenge, and got busy
( mediocre HONKA HONKA, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:16, archived)

crappage
did you remove it?
( c_kick after the tone, the date is, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:17, archived)

photobucket are going on a Prince spree

( mr horrible, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:18, archived)

No, they removed it themselves
just like all my CDCs about a year ago

at least this time they had the decency to tell me
( mediocre HONKA HONKA, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:19, archived)

...they removed all the CDCs?
I think the best thing of all this is imagining the poor soul who has to sort through the millions of cocks and Prince images that'll be hosted on that site. Bloody marvellous.
( SugarSpunSister I love The Bloody Beetroots, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:22, archived)

I keep wondering if there's some guy repeatedly checking through my album
and thinking "Fucking hell, why are there so many pictures of cats?"
( Shada, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:23, archived)

I'd be more worried at the high level of utter nonsense

( SugarSpunSister I love The Bloody Beetroots, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:25, archived)

Ha
I certainly hope so now =]
( MrPineapple .co.uk - TSHIRTS FOR SALE. I GIVE YOU GOOD PRICE., Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:25, archived)

I think it's only a matter of time before my Jesus and christofy images are next

( mediocre HONKA HONKA, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:26, archived)

saves time...
one in the same thing they're seaching for this time :D
( SkUG >_O i got a couple of stitches in my eyeball... ow, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:24, archived)

Ha
However...

What if the person was actually a b3tan, and was forced to do it by their job?

How crushed would their spirit be...
( MrPineapple .co.uk - TSHIRTS FOR SALE. I GIVE YOU GOOD PRICE., Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:24, archived)

Yep, that makes me glee too
:)

'ning miss!
( mediocre HONKA HONKA, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:25, archived)

'Ning Squire!
3 cheers for the upside
( SugarSpunSister I love The Bloody Beetroots, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:26, archived)

wah
sucks to be prince - a bunch of people he doesn't know are making stupid pictures of him and actually raising his profile slightly
( kingsuperspecial is in an audience, wanking furiously, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:19, archived)

We'll probably make the news.

(THIRTY-TWO - Sputnik -, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:20, archived)

not again, lord help us
that only attracts cunts.
( mr horrible, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:21, archived)

*waves*

( evilstevie, Wed 14 Nov 2007, 14:40, archived)

Oh that would be silly.
Why would an offensive image from b3ta get put on the news?

*cough*
( MrPineapple .co.uk - TSHIRTS FOR SALE. I GIVE YOU GOOD PRICE., Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:22, archived)

to be fair, I think his profile is still pretty damn high
selling ot 21 nights in a row at the 02 arena and giving away an album with the Daily Mail do wonders...
( mr horrible, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:20, archived)

slightly
key word = slightly ;)
( kingsuperspecial is in an audience, wanking furiously, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:26, archived)

:)

( mr horrible, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:27, archived)

jesus christ, he's going bonkers on that front...

( mr horrible, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:16, archived)

Hello mate
how are you doing?
( mediocre HONKA HONKA, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:23, archived)

nay bad sah!
et tu?
( mr horrible, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:24, archived)

pretty busy myself
but on here anyway ;)
( mediocre HONKA HONKA, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:27, archived)

We seem to be
kicking up a bit of a shitstorm for little purple fella's legal team don't we?
(THIRTY-TWO - Sputnik -, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:16, archived)

Oh come on
b3ta.hnldesign.nl/non/prince_artist.jpg

On the other hand I feel kind of left out :P
( The Coast Of Yemen, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:17, archived)

Am I mistaken
or does copyright law contain provisions for 'fair use', one of which is the use of images and likenesses for the purpose of parody?
( TunaBoy should be old enough to know better by now, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:17, archived)

That symbol is a trademark I'm sure,
we can't use it without his permission.
( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:18, archived)

Wankers.
I'd say that if there was still anyone out there on the planet that had the slightest respect for that jumped-up self-promoting one-man hype machine, then there isn't any more...
( TunaBoy should be old enough to know better by now, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:19, archived)

What a load of smelly bollocks copyright law is.


And that's all I have to say on the subject.
( The Coast Of Yemen, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:22, archived)

Analogy of the Day Award
goes to The Coast of Yemen.
(THIRTY-TWO - Sputnik -, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:23, archived)

what a load of smelly *Prince* bollocks

( mr horrible, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:25, archived)

Also,
I was under the impression that to infringe a trademark, you had to be using it to promote a similiar trade or service to the one it is registered for in the first place. Since no-one here appears to be using it in association with any business of any sort then where is the infringement?
( TunaBoy should be old enough to know better by now, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:26, archived)

depends on the country...
I doubt A) anyone on here needs to be worried about being sued, it's a waste of money. and b)pwnership and copyright of the images can be proved anyway...
( mr horrible, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:19, archived)

this is why i never entered this compo
i dont have the money to fight the little sex case ones lawyers
( mongychops handbrake?, that's not how i roll, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:19, archived)

AND A BIG FUCKING 'NING! TO YOU TOO MATE!

( Sir Pigeon Nipples ... Hitler invented rice ..., Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:21, archived)

ning and night, sleepy times

( mongychops handbrake?, that's not how i roll, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:22, archived)

ho ho ho
evening sir!
( mr horrible, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:22, archived)

SLANDER!

( SugarSpunSister I love The Bloody Beetroots, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:23, archived)

hr is a convicted rapist of children
there i've said it
( mongychops handbrake?, that's not how i roll, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:25, archived)

Feel better?

( SugarSpunSister I love The Bloody Beetroots, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:25, archived)

Hahahaha
go on then, we'll all chip in
( mediocre HONKA HONKA, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:35, archived)

I'd email back and ask when they are going to have all your Music Cats pulled from every second cunts profile on myspace!

( Sir Pigeon Nipples ... Hitler invented rice ..., Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:19, archived)

The cats formerly known as artists?

( c_kick after the tone, the date is, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:23, archived)

yes,
those ones.
( Sir Pigeon Nipples ... Hitler invented rice ..., Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:26, archived)

I have a customer who's a lawyer. He has a cartoon stuck on the wall,clipped from a journal.
It depicts who lawyers, one junior and one senior. The junior is sitting in a chair, listening to his senior with rapt attention. The senior stands by the window, surveying the world and says "Remember Michael, not only must justice be done, but it must be *paid* to be done."
( Electric Otter Tempura Hse: A shelter for lightly battered women., Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:25, archived)

Blimey!
I suggest all the compo entries are rehosted using the B3ta hosting site.
The we can all hide behind Rob :)

( Flowerpot If in doubt, shop Freebase's head onto it, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:19, archived)

conga line behind rob?
*joins*
( kingsuperspecial is in an audience, wanking furiously, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:20, archived)

this /\ + ning everyone!



( SkUG >_O i got a couple of stitches in my eyeball... ow, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:20, archived)

Oooooh
Mildred, I love your hat!
*envies*

( Flowerpot If in doubt, shop Freebase's head onto it, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:27, archived)

i made it for you ages ago...
remember cos it doesnt quite fit?
but now the flower can live forever now i don't have to water it cos it gets all its power from TEA! :D
( SkUG >_O i got a couple of stitches in my eyeball... ow, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:31, archived)

or cr3...

( mr horrible, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:22, archived)

My name isn't on anything. Ha!

( cr3, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:24, archived)

Oh shit, you mean my hosting, don't you.
My servers are in France and users upload the content

Thus, I am protected

Probably
( cr3, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:25, archived)

that's PRECISELY what I mean
you should be in a good position until they pressure the french autorities, who will surrender immediately.
( mr horrible, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:26, archived)

Cheese-eating surrender monkeys

( in vino veritas, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:30, archived)

hahah
good call! ALso, 'ning.
( mr horrible, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:25, archived)

there's a web sheriff now?
*runs*
( kingsuperspecial is in an audience, wanking furiously, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:19, archived)

*draws pistols*

(THIRTY-TWO - Sputnik -, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:20, archived)

This internet ain't big enough for the both of us

( The Coast Of Yemen, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:23, archived)

holy cocking fuck

( HappyToast was waiting for the Dredd trailer on, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:21, archived)

Chill out - Web Sheriff do not carry weight
Please google their previous "lawsuits" - they are full of hot air and nothing else
thepiratebay.org/legal

I wish I could have got this reply in before the others to this thread; this problem WILL just go away. They have no jurisdiction on any law, the DMCA is invalid outside of the USA.

I should know; I run a fucking music-distribution service and get these all the time
( cr3, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:24, archived)

you sir are a rocking socking mother fucking robot
i mean great!
sorry im listening to tenacious D...
( SkUG >_O i got a couple of stitches in my eyeball... ow, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:25, archived)

so.. I should do nothing?

( c_kick after the tone, the date is, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:25, archived)

Email them a picture of your cock

( The Coast Of Yemen, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:27, archived)

^

( mediocre HONKA HONKA, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:37, archived)

But
I don't have a cock...

How about I send them a picture of a cock, their client the cock formerly known as pwinth?
( kitty minion Babies ate my dingo!, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 23:21, archived)

like the man says
give it up for cr3.
( mr horrible, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:29, archived)

Yeah
unless you get a court summons, or slapped with an injunction.

Which you won't.

It's not illegal, it's unlawful, so the police won't be after you.
( in vino veritas, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:34, archived)

I suggest
you refer them to the response given in Arkell vs Pressdram
( Andy_R At the third stroke, the time will be precisely, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 23:55, archived)

i want to be a webdetective
shut it down you slag
( mongychops handbrake?, that's not how i roll, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:27, archived)

good work! :)

( HappyToast was waiting for the Dredd trailer on, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:28, archived)

Yup,
They being SO successful against, for instance, say, Pirate Bay...
( TunaBoy should be old enough to know better by now, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:29, archived)

*click*

( pzyko vs the truth about electric can opener reviews, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 23:26, archived)

I LOVE thepiratebay.org/legal
The Best Comedy on the Inter-thingy - Fact-O-Mondo!
( Darklord, Wed 14 Nov 2007, 4:15, archived)

The Web Sheriff?
Who he?
( The Duke of Prunes, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:22, archived)

I shot him
probably should've shot the deputy too
( c_kick after the tone, the date is, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:23, archived)

awesome sauce :)
top class postage
( SiX hermione granger's sex ed teacher, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:23, archived)

What the shuddering fuck?
Is this for real?
(ToMeToYou is bumming a Unicorn on, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:24, archived)

'tis
yes
( c_kick after the tone, the date is, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:26, archived)

hahaha
b3ta is going to be famous!
( drbroon drbroon.co.uk, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:25, archived)

REPLY: Thank you for your email, and in response I wish to affirm the following statement... "Your Mum"

( The Great Architect, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:27, archived)

Dear Mr. Kick,
So's your face.

Mr. Sheriff.
(THIRTY-TWO - Sputnik -, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:30, archived)

Dear Mr. Sheriff
My penis smells of apples.

Mr. Kick
( ClanSoul thanks, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:37, archived)

Alternative reply:
Thank you kindly for your correspondence; I am not aware that the United Kingdom is yet officially a member state of the US and therefore please cheerfully choke on my chode.
( TunaBoy should be old enough to know better by now, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:34, archived)

HAHAHA!
One down...
( ClanSoul thanks, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:29, archived)

*Fights the power*

( We are the lemon irked your craw on, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:34, archived)

well it truly without doubt, proves that prince is a twunt
www.b3ta.com/board/7782828
( Haku fucking hates web hosting providers, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:36, archived)

they don't know how to format phone numbers
pfft
( gfreeman http://twiglet.myminicity.com/, Tue 13 Nov 2007, 22:48, archived)