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Re: Error Condition Re: HELP



Please take me off this list, and if possible let me know the identity
of the prankster who subscribed me to the list.

     Jay Carrigan          [email protected]

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>Please take me off this list, and if possible let me know the identity
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>     Jay Carrigan          [email protected]
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>>I'm no longer on the list (but only because I'm moving soon) but I 
>>thought I'd forward this to you guys anyway..I think you might be 
>>interested..
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>>------- Forwarded Message Follows -------
>>From:          Chet Braun <[email protected]>
>>To:            "'OFF'" <[email protected]>
>>Subject:       [RedAlert] VIACOM's parent company ?
>>Date:          Sat, 2 Aug 1997 07:13:39 -0700
>>Reply-to:      Chet Braun <[email protected]>
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>>According to VIACOMs web page they have a parent company called
>>National Entertainments, Inc.
>>
>>Anyone know anything about it?
>>
>>We published an unauthorized book on Klingon martial arts titled
>>"Secret Fighting Arts of the Warrior Race".  We used none of their
>>story line and none of their specific characters.  It is clearly an
>>instructional work. 
>> We did, however, use our own costume and makeup and our own version
>> of the 
>>Klingon weapon.  Additionally we translated Japanese and Chinese
>>martial proverbs into the Klingon language.  The have given us a cease
>>and desist order and demanded the destruction of all inventory
>>claiming common law trademark of the "look and feel of Klingon" and
>>exclusive use of the language even in original prose or translations. 
>>It has gone far enough with them that they have refused to entertain
>>the idea of a licensing agreement or the donation of the book
>>inventory to a non-profit organization.  We are now forced to destroy
>>books.
>>
>>Chet Braun
>>Pacific Warriors, Inc.
>>
>>B.J. Baye
>>email or PowWow:[email protected]
>>http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/5089/
>>ICQ UIN: 1082093
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