[thelist] copyright help

[Jake Robinson]

Hi all,
I have read the archives for tips since I found them, a few months back,
they have proved to be a great source of help!

This morning, I logged onto my email account, and was surpised to find an
email which was as follows:
"From:
"chip" <chip at bionicmonkey.com>

To :
<Jake at bionicmonkey.co.uk>

Subject :
site name

Date :
Sat, 27 Apr 2002 03:29:55 -0500


Hello Jake,
My name is Chip Sbrogna, President and Co-Founder of BionicMonkey
Studios. Unfortunately, we copyrighted the name back in the year 2000 and
since we're a new but established Limited Licensing Company (LLC) we can't
have another site using our name. Now, I noticed from your site that you're
a student, so I decided to send a friendly email rather than pass the issue
off to our lawyers in the hopes that we can quickly resolve this without a
problem. I'm sorry to have to do this, but I have to ask you to rename your
site, and to do it quickly. Please reply within 48 hours to let me know
that this is indeed your first priority with all matters relating to the use
of the name "BionicMonkey". Otherwise, I'll be forced to forward this
matter to our attorneys.

Thanks for your cooperation, Jake.

Sincerely,
Ralph (chip) Sbrogna
President/Co-Founder
BionicMonkey Studios
http://www.BionicMonkey.com"

Now, my question is, where do I stand on this matter? I am only 16 years
old, so law is over my head, espcially when it comes to the intricacies of
international law and copyrighting. I replied saying that I would stop use
of the name. Before I do this though, I would like to find out where exactly
I stand, and what information I should ask for, in-order for them to have
substancial evidence that I am unable to use the name. I currently own
bionicmonkey.co.uk, by the way. Any help which can be offered will be
greatly appreciated.
Thanks :)

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