Another artifact from that wondrous place, correspondence between EA legal department and Gottfrid Svartholm:
From anakata_anakata.hack.se Mon Sep 13 07:20:31 2004
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 07:19:36 -0100 (GMT)
From: anakata
To: Piracy - Online [email protected]
Subject: Re: Copyright Infringement
September 14, 2004
SENT VIA E-MAIL
Fredrik Neij
PRQ
Box 1206
Stockholm, Sweden 11479
Re: Electronic Arts Trademark and Copyright
Infringement Notice
Dear Mr. Neij:
It has been brought to the attention of Electronic Arts Inc. ("EA") that
the website http://www.piratebay.org/ with the IP addresses of
217.75.120.115, 217.75.120.116, 217.75.120.118 is conducting
unauthorized activities with respect to EA's copyrighted software, The
Sims 2. The aforementioned website is offering and distributing
bittorrent seeds for an unauthorized downloadable version of this EA
game.
The infringing material may be found at:
[THEPIRATEBAY torrent URL]
This unauthorized activity with respect to the distribution of EA's
software products constitutes infringement of EA's intellectual property
rights. EA enforces its intellectual property rights very aggressively
by using every legal option available.
As you are listed as the registrant for this website, EA demands that
you immediately and permanently disable access to the aforementioned
bittorrent seeds for The Sims 2 and any in the future.
Thank you for your cooperation. If you have any questions concerning
this matter, please contact us via e-mail at:
[email protected].
Regards,
EA Law - IP Enforcement
Electronic Arts Inc.
[email protected]
On Tue, 14 Sep 2004, Piracy - Online wrote:
Hello and thank you for contacting us. We have shut down the website in
question.
Oh wait, just kidding. We haven't, since the site in question is fully
legal. Unlike certain other countries, such as the one you're in, we have
sane copyright laws here. But we also have polar bears roaming the
streets and attacking people :-(.
Please don't sue us right now, our lawyer is passed out in an alley from
too much moonshine, so please atleast wait until he's found and doesn't
have a huge hangover...
You're free to demand anything you want. So are we. We demand that you
cease and desist sending letters like this, since they're frivolous and
meaningless. Where should I send the bill for the consumed diskspace and
bandwidth?
Thank you for your entertainment. As with all other threats, we will
publish this one on http://static.thepiratebay.org/legal/
//anakata