Conversation with Eddie Bazil from SampleCraze

6.12.2012: Second Part can be found here

> Eddie Bazil
Hi,
I am Eddie Bazil of Samplecraze the duly authorized representative of the exclusive rights holder Hip Hop Producer Set Mega.
These exclusive rights are being violated by material available upon your site at the following URL(s):
http://audioz.eu/samples/audio-loops/page/5/

Here is the link to the product on my website:
http://www.samplecraze.com/product.php/262/hip-hop-producer-sets-1-and-2/

I have a good faith belief that the use of this material in such a fashion is not authorized by the copyright holder, the copyright holder's agent, or the law;

Under penalty of perjury in a United States court of law, I state that the information contained in this notification is accurate, and that I am authorized to act on the behalf of the exclusive rights holder for the material in question;

I may be contacted by the following methods (include all)

In the interim, we are fed up of contacting you continuously for removal of our infringed content and as our publishing lies with the BMI in the USA and MCPS in the UK we are leaving them to sort out the legal implictaions of this continual abuse of our shared content.


> AudioZ
Hello Eddie,
surely, the post you referring to has been removed from AudioZ.

All the best.


> Eddie Bazil
Hi,

Google probably removed it as I submitted a number of infringements to them.

This one still sits on your site even though in the past I have requested it to be removed many times.
http://audioz.info/index.php?do=search

TBH, I am getting really fed up of chasing companies like yours for infringements and therefore have passed these details onto our USA publishers.

Thanks,
Eddie


> AudioZ
- well, if that's how you want to play it, then there's no point for me to be cooperative with you.
i'm just trying to be the good guy here and respect developers wishes;

i don't care about any other web-sites, this is how things work on AudioZ.

So, think about it before sending any threats in our way.

Good luck.


> Eddie Bazil
It's not a threat, it's called 'anger and disgust'.
You think you are doing me a favour by removing stolen content and offering it to your userbase to generate traffic you can benefit from?

Personally, I find people like you both detructive and fraudulent.

You say you don't care how other websites operate huh? Well, how many times do I have to write to your company to have content removed and once it is you give it a few days and up it goes again and I have to go through the same procedure every time? Same old practices by the same old thieving sites.

You think our publishers won't take action for one source? Really, so loss of income through you flagrant abuse makes it a non starter for all concerned?

Fine, you have a simple choice and it's not about you getting angry, because personally, I hold people like you in contempt, so if you think you are co-operating and then threatening not to co-operate because people like me get sick of being thieved by criminals like you then you need to think again. The freeloading days are coming to a close for thieves like you, so either remove our infringed content immediatley or we will take this a step further and hold you liable.

You don't want to co-operate, fine with me. We will pass all email dialogue to our publishers and their lawyers and then watch the fun.
BTW, these copyrights are also owned by MCPS, so I am sure they might like to grovel to your kind needs.

You decide. I am happy to commence litigation and with the current laws in place you cannot hide anymore behind the 'we don't host any...rubbish' anymore.
You provide direct links to infringed content and you benefit from it, so if you think you are above the law say so and we'll amp this up a notch.

Like I said, you decide. If you feel brave then go for it. If you're sensible, you'll apologise and maybe, just maybe, stop thinking you're not just a plain thief benefitting from other peoples' hard work and creativity, or do you actually provide anything of subtance and benefit to your userbase?

This email has been cc'd to all involved.

If our content is not removed within the next two hours we will instruct lawyers to commence litigation against you and, under Google DMCA directives, your site will be suspended until, this is resolved.

Best of luck.

> Eddie Bazil ...(after 3 days)
I was going to let this go since you removed our content from yuor site but you clearly haven't got the message and now I will instruct lawyers.
You have missed one of the most important cardinal rules about uploading content on the internet: it is forbidden to violate people's privacy laws and you have done just that. I don't need to litigate against you from the USA now, I can start from here in the UK as the laws here are very strict about violation of privacy.

You, by law, do not have the right to print any conet from private emails. Do you know anything about the law or do you just systematically abuse it at will, like Pirate Bay did? Do you not realise that Pirate Bay were taken to cousrt and found guilty not just for abuse of copyright but for uplaoding private email conetnt from copyright owers? This was done to embarras them.

I am not embarrassed but seriously annoyed. I was going to leave your company alone but now I will instruct lawyers.

As long as that disgusting display of arrogance by you on your website to upload and share our dialogue stays the stronger the case.

You will be litigated against and be sure of that.

Now go brag that to your equally thieving subscriber base who, through the laws of data protection, will now be contacted by our lawyers to offer indemnities.

Don't write back to me as the emails between us are already with BMI and MCPS lawyers. Now I have added my lawyers to the list.

Once you have been prosecuted and your site suspended and your subscriber base contacted then we will see who publishes what about whom.