from the deep cave of somethingawful.com:

seems they are in trouble with the release of the new album on their forums/servers

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Our office represents Embrace the Future, Inc., and the recording artist professionally known as "BT" in legal matters. Our client owns the registered trademark "BT" and the copyrights in the compositions embodied in the BT Master(s). The sound recording copyrights in the BT Master(s) are owned by Nettwerk Productions, Inc. It has come to our attention that you have made available for digital download via the so-called file share server at the Torrentse.cx website the BT artist album titled "Emotional Technology" and/or individual BT master sound recordings from said album (hereinafter referred to as "the BT Master(s)") without permission (http://www.torrentse.cx/stats.php?i...7e6a00752d72116). We have been advised by Net Sentry, Corp. that the IP in question (xx.x.x.x.x) is allocated to a server owned and operated by your company. The unauthorized exploitation of the BT Master(s) constitutes an intentional infringement of our client's rights under the United States Trademarks Act as well as our client's and Nettwerk Productions' rights under the United States Copyright Act. Moreover, our client now has an actionable claim for damages against you for the substantial loss of income caused by your unauthorized exploitation of our client's property and/or your facilitation of the unauthorized exploitation of our client's property by users of the Torrentse file share server ("Torrentse Members"). You are hereby placed on notice that our client intends to prosecute this matter to the fullest extent permitted by the law unless your unauthorized exploitation of our client's property and/or your facilitation of Torrentse Members' unauthorized and illegal exploitation of the BT trademark and copyrighted material owned by our client and Nettwerk Productions is terminated with immediate effect. In order to resolve this matter, you must immediately agree in writing to cease and desist from any further exploitation of the BT Master(s) or any other sound recordings owned by our client, Nettwork Productions or others in connection with the name BT. If we do not receive your written response by the close of business on Wednesday, July 16, 2003, we will by forced to refer the matter for further legal action.

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eh, not like anyone would buy it anyways


*ducks*

I knew BitTorrent was being watched....

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BT fights BT

I will buy ET when it comes out in August!

They took down Torrentse.cx!

How could they? Those ******s will pay...

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mmmm.. delicious...

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You are hereby placed on notice that our client intends to prosecute this matter to the fullest extent permitted by the law unless your unauthorized exploitation of our client's property and/or your facilitation of Torrentse Members' unauthorized and illegal exploitation of the BT trademark and copyrighted material owned by our client and Nettwerk Productions is terminated with immediate effect.

just kinda rolls of the tounge eh?

I dont know why he (BT) is being so serious about this. Yes i have heard the artist side, that they need money to survive. I think BT has enough money, and the fact that he is so electronically connected, meaning understands technology, he should realize he aint gonna stop piracy. Should just accept it, and learn to work with it, as he has done while producing.

I agree for paying for an album, but only for the ones you like.

The jury is still out for me . . . I don't know how the piracy issue is going to be resolved, but the artist does have a valid concern in the matter . . . but also, we all LOVE file sharing . . !

RobVox

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Maybe he is angry because someone robbed his studio a year+ back, and he doesn't want people stealing his new works right in front of his face?

If I were him, I would do the same thing.

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Originally posted by UWM Maybe he is angry because someone robbed his studio a year+ back, and he doesn't want people stealing his new works right in front of his face? If I were him, I would do the same thing.

so true...


and also it could just be the record lable acting without even leting BT know whats going on

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Originally posted by jonsimmonds and also it could just be the record lable acting without even leting BT know whats going on

yeah agreed. and with BT having a right to be pissed. sometimes artists really DO get fucked by piracy (albeit rarely).

anyway, i wish someone would tell me i'm "hereby ordered to cease and desist" from something. you haven't lived until someone requries you cease and desist.

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Originally posted by UWM Maybe he is angry because someone robbed his studio a year+ back, and he doesn't want people stealing his new works right in front of his face? If I were him, I would do the same thing.

Who really gives a shit what you would do????

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his studio was stolen ? wtf

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