Quote:From : Steven Melching <smelching@choiceonemail.com>
Sent : August 15, 2006 7:36:47 PM
To : ctrl_07@hotmail.com
CC : steve777@stevequayle.com
Subject : Copyright material..



Hello. It has been brought to our attention that the below website is registered to you. Please be advised that you have
copyrighted M3 files on this site that are not suppose to be there. All files that are generated by Mr Steve Quayle for his
nationally syndicated talk radio show The Q Files are copyrighted and cannot be distributed without his written permission.
We request that all said files please be removed form said website within 24 hours so that no further action has to be taken.

Regards,
Steven Melching
Producer of The Q Files radio program


cc: Mr Steve Quayle

Ctrl Wrote:Hello,

Sure, I can remove the material.

I'd like to take this opportunity to ask his written permission to distribute his show. May I?

My site charges no fees or membership dues to download stuff there. No money is made of his efforts. We're just a collection of people searching various sources for the truth. And the more people that know of Mr Qualye the better it is for him.

In regards to "further action be taken", there's not really much action you could take Sir. My site doesn't actually host the files, stream the files. or even have copies of the files on it. Moreover no part of his works (ie :data) is sent through our server. You might want to investigate how the bitorrent protocol works before going off half cocked and trying to litigate anything.;)

In a nutshell, my bitorrent "tracker" (the website) is a directory of people who have his files and people who want his files. Think of the site like a phone book. If a bank robber looks up a bank address to rob in the phone book, the phone book company is not complicit in the bank robbery is it? By the same token, my site isn't complicit in copyright infringement.


Mike

Quid quid agas, prudenter agas, et respice finem. (Whatever you do, do it carefully, and look towards the end)

Quote:Hello Mike, and thanks for the quick reply sir and the removal of all said material from your excellent website.
Steve's official website for all of his radio shows is linked on his website http://www.stevequayle.com.
It is a subscription driven website for only one reason. The paying members there are what covers
the overhead to keep his talk radio show on the air. Without them the ISDN line costs, the bandwidth
costs, etc could not be paid for and Steve's radio show would cease to exist very quickly. If you need
additional information you can reach either Steve Quayle or myself at the below phone numbers.

Thank you very much for your assistance in this matter.


Steve Melching

Quote:Without them the ISDN line costs, the bandwidth
costs, etc could not be paid for and Steve's radio show would cease to exist very quickly.