[thelist] site pirating

[Kathy Long]

FYI,
This is the first step we are taking in the site pirating issue:

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>> Hi Patricia,
>>
>> News item: on Nutech Systems - After extensive examination (CA 
>> Secretary of
>> State Dept of Corporations), web, phone listings - there is no Nutech
>> selling vanilla in California (here, in Glendale, etc.) Also I now 
>> get a
>> "Forbidden" message when accessing their site and a "Pages not found" 
>> on web
>> pages I accessed a few days ago. This is good - either they have 
>> pulled the
>> server or isolated it, in either case they won't be getting any 
>> visitors. As
>> far as an action item, I would now email the owner of Nutech, 
>> indicating
>> that he is in violation of international copyright law and engaging in
>> criminal activity, and that should any of our web pages appear on any 
>> of his
>> sites again, we will immediately report him to the Indian 
>> authorities, the
>> vanilla trade counsels, and take legal actions to enforce our legal
>> rights. -- Hopefully this will do it (with minimum cost), otherwise 
>> we'll
>> move to 'Plan B.'