Kathleen--(Kay)
"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass, and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee

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Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

God bless America, my home sweet home.

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a life lived unexplored is a life not worth living.

Floria

"Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in them"
(Oliver Wendell Holmes)

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I would appreciate your assistance in a matter of copyright infringement by one of your members, and have provided additional information to assist you in your review. (for example, you could add "accused copyright infringement" for your particular circumstance Floria)

My original work has been posted by your member at the following location, and I would appreciate deletion of this page as the member has inappropriately taken credit for authorship:

url xxx of their post

For your reference, my original post can be found at:

url xxx of Passion's posting (or the posting where you initially posted it on the internet where you feel they found it and copied your poem from)

I am familiar with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") which provides certain procedures to ensure that infringing materials are removed without wrongfully injuring the subscriber or unduly burdening the provider.

To assist you in your review, please note that I, Catherine (Kit) McCallum (your name), state that as author of the poem in question, note that in good faith belief, that use the of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by myself, my agent, or the law, and that the information in this notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury. As author of the work in question, I am authorized to act on behalf of myself of an exclusive right as the infringed.

My signature is at the bottom of the scanned image attached. The attached image is a scan of my Copyright Certification from the CIPO (Canadian Intellectual Property Office) Registration No. xxxxxx. I have blocked my address from viewing.

I look forward to notification from you finalizing this issue, and appreciate your attention in this regard.

/Kit McCallum
[email protected] (your e-mail)
http://netpoets.com/poems/authors/0406000.htm

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From:  Lycos Abuse Team
To:       Kit McCallum

Hello,

8/3/01

I am writing in response to your e-mail regarding content hosted through Lycos on one of our free homepage services.  You should understand that the content to which you have referred have has been stored on the Lycos system solely at the direction of a Lycos user and has not been initially reviewed, monitored, or edited by Lycos employees.  Lycos users bear sole responsibility for such material, and Lycos Inc. has no knowledge of the specific contents of member directories.

Lycos Inc. fully complies with all intellectual property laws.  In particular, when the owner of an exclusive right is concerned that this right is infringed by material placed on a provider's system or network by a subscriber of that provider the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") provides certain procedures to ensure that infringing materials are removed without wrongfully injuring the subscriber or unduly burdening the provider.  In such instances, the owner of an exclusive right should send to the provider a notification containing the following information:

1.  A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is     allegedly infringed.  

2.  Precise identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site.

3.  Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material including exact URL's and references to specific files.

4.  Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, and electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.

5.  A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use the of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

6.  A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right is allegedly infringed.

You have not provided all of the information required above.  If you are able to provide the missing information, please submit an appropriate notification meeting all of the above requirements to Lycos Inc.'s registered agent for receiving such notifications:

Registered Copyright Agent
Lycos Inc.
Email Address:  [email protected]

Upon receipt of a proper notification, Lycos Inc. will respond expeditiously to remove or disable access to the materials properly identified in the notification.  Lycos Inc. will provide a copy of the notification to the subscriber and give the subscriber an opportunity to respond.

This letter is written without prejudice to any right, remedy, or defense that Lycos Inc. may have which has not been asserted in this letter.  All such rights, remedies, and defenses are expressly reserved.If you have any questions about this letter, please do not hesitate to contact Lycos Inc's registered agent.  For legal advice, you should consult an attorney.

Sincerely,
Bryan

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Floria

"Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in them"
(Oliver Wendell Holmes)