FinancialCrimes.com website closed down on demand of the Financial Times

AndiArbeit@ziplip.com | 29.09.2000 14:22

The provider Easyspace has taken the content of the financialcrimes.com website off the web after lawyers of the Financial Times have complained about the website's content.

In an email forwarded to the IMC UK the lawyers state:

"1. The Document reproduces material which infringes our client's copyright. In particular we refer to the "flying man" illustration on page 1 of the Document and to the extract from the front page of the Financial Times for June 19/June 20 1999 which appears on page 13 of the Document.

2. Further, by using a combination of elements confusingly similar to our client's proprietary get up (including the uniquely distinctive pink background which has been used by our client since 1893) the Document amounts to a misrepresentation that is calculated to damage the considerable and global goodwill attaching to our client's business. In other words, your customer is committing the tort of passing off."

AndiArbeit@ziplip.com
e-mail: AndiArbeit@ziplip.com
Homepage: www.financialcrimes.com

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How do I protest this action?

30.09.2000 02:24

What are the email addresses of these wounded capitalists, the Financial Times and the Financial Crimes site host. I would like to protest their repression of free speech and lack of a sense of humor. I will look for this info myself and post it if I find it, but if the info is at hand, please post it now. Thank you. Bah to old stuffed shirts!

Sandy Walker
mail e-mail: youelart@earthlink.net

Mirror offers to tellme@financialcrimes.com

03.10.2000 13:30

Friday, 29th of September
Dear friends of the Financial Crimes, we have just
received the following email and found that the FC
website was taken down by our provider:

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"Dear Sirs,
Today we received a complaint about the content of the website 'financialcrimes.com',
especially the download and printing of a document in newspaper format entitled the
"Financial Crimes" (the 'Document').

Under UK law Easyspace Ltd. can be held responsible for the content of the Document.
The Document also breaches our Service Agreement, which states:

Clause 5.3: "The Service must not be used by the Customer ... (b) to send, receive,
upload, download, use or re-use any information or material which is ... defamatory ...
in breach of ... copyright ... or any other rights".

The breaches were reported as follows:

"1. The Document reproduces material which infringes our client's copyright. In
particular we refer to the "flying man" illustration on page 1 of the Document and to
the extract from the front page of the Financial Times for June 19/June 20 1999 which
appears on page 13 of the Document.

2. Further, by using a combination of elements confusingly similar to our client's
proprietary get up (including the uniquely distinctive pink background which has been
used by our client since 1893) the Document amounts to a misrepresentation that is
calculated to damage the considerable and global goodwill attaching to our client's
business. In other words, your customer is committing the tort of passing off."

Taking the above in consideration we have put the website on hold. If you would like
Easyspace to continue to host your site, we do require you to remove the offending
Document from the site, otherwise you may move your site elsewhere.

Yours Sincerely,

Martin
Easyspace Ltd."

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We are working on a solution on how to keep the
Financial Crimes service up and running. If you wish
to contact us, please email to

tellme@financialcrimes.com

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