Dear Operator of сайт.ру,
The Motion Picture Association (“MPA”) is a trade association which represents the interests of some of the world's largest motion picture studios, including Paramount Pictures Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Universal City Studios LLC, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, as well as all other companies that are controlled by, controlling of or under common control with such companies (together “the Studio Companies”), and which own copyright in a vast number of well-known films and TV programs (“Entertainment Content").
MPA protects the rights and interests of the Studio Companies by outreach and, depending on the extent and gravity of the situation, through civil and criminal enforcement, in cooperation with local content protection organizations.
We are writing to you in connection with your operation of the Internet website operating under the domain name сайт.ру ("Website").
The Website is structurally providing access to the Entertainment Content, as well as other copyrighted content, without the necessary authorization of the rightsholders. In operating the Website and by providing hyperlinks (including framing), with (presumed) full knowledge, to such content, you are infringing copyright. This causes significant damage to the Studio Companies and other creative industries. Examples of Entertainment Content are found in Exhibit A.
Without prejudice to our contention that you are already well aware of the extensive infringements of copyright, this Notice fixes you with full knowledge of facts and circumstances from which illegal activities, i.e. copyright infringements, are apparent. In this respect, acting as a diligent economic operator, this knowledge allows you to identify the illegal activities of the Website and to take appropriate measures against current and future infringement.
This Notice requires you to immediately (within 24 hours) take effective measures to end and prevent further copyright infringement. All opportunities, in particular hyperlinks, provided by the Website to download, stream or otherwise obtain access to the Entertainment Content should be disabled permanently.
Please be advised that the titles mentioned in Exhibit A are intended to serve merely as an example of a broader unlawful use of copyright protected content by the Website. We expect your full co-operation by disabling access to the Website or, at least, by removing all (links to) Entertainment Content. To facilitate checking the lawfulness of made available content, we note that such Entertainment Content is listed, for example, on the Findanyfilm.com website (
http://www.findanyfilm.com).
Finally, we draw your attention to the fact that any use of the artwork of the Entertainment Content (e.g. movie or TV show posters) (“Artwork”) is prohibited without authorization of the rights holder. Since the Studio Companies haven’t authorized the Website to publish the Artwork, the Website is infringing copyright on that basis as well.
We look forward to your response. If you fail to take the immediately required action to end and prevent further copyright infringements the MPA and the Studio Companies expressly reserve the right to pursue all remedies available.
If you have any questions, please contact me by telephone at +32 2 778 27 11 or via email at
[email protected].
Yours faithfully,
Jan van Voorn
Senior Vice President and Deputy Chief, Global Content Protection
Motion Picture Association
Avenue des Arts 46
1000 Brussels
Belgium
+32 2 778 2711
