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(note: yes, it’s fair)

(note #2: I wonder if I am helping spreading the power/fear of digital rights owners by posting this letter)

I received an e-mail from Brightcove today which had been sent to them from Viacom.

Notice Date: 10/12/2007

Copyright Agent
Brightcove, Inc.
copyright@brightcove.com

Dear Sir or Madam:

I, Warren Solow, swear under penalty of perjury that I am authorized to act on behalf of Viacom International Inc., Atom Entertainment, Inc., Black Entertainment Television LLC, Comedy Partners, Country Music Television, Inc., Network Enterprises Inc., and Mindring Productions, LLC (collectively, the “Rights Owners”), one of which is the owner of exclusive rights alleged to be infringed herein. A search has detected infringements of exclusive copyright or trademark interests on your IP addresses as detailed below.
http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=712936030&channel=692277846

I have a reasonable good faith belief that use of the material in the manner noted is not authorized by the Rights Owners, their agents, or the law. The information provided herein is accurate to the best of my knowledge. Therefore, this letter is an official notification to effect removal of the detected infringement.

I hereby request that you immediately remove or block access to the infringing material and insure the user refrains from using or sharing with others the Rights Owners’ materials in the future.

I urge you to take immediate action to stop this infringing activity and inform me of the results of your actions.

Please respond indicating the actions you have taken to resolve this matter. For email correspondence, please reference the above Notice ID in the subject line.

Nothing in this letter shall serve as a waiver of any rights or remedies of the Rights Owners with respect to the alleged infringement, all of which are expressly reserved. This notice is without prejudice to the positions that (1) 17 U.S.C. 512 does not apply and (2) you have an affirmative obligation to prevent or limit infringement of the Rights Owners’ exclusive rights without regard to getting a specific takedown notice.

In complying with this notice, Brightcove, Inc. should not destroy or spoliate any evidence which may be relevant in a lawsuit relating to the infringement alleged herein, including the infringing videos and all associated electronic documents and data relating to their presence on Brightcove, which shall be preserved while disabling public access, irrespective of any document retention or corporate policy to the contrary.

Should you need to contact me, I may be reached at the following address:

Warren Solow

Viacom
1515 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
v: (212) 846-4507
f: (201) 422-6630

copyright@mtvn.com

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The video in question was my upload of Dave Chappelle’s MTV Making the Band skit from Season 1, which is posted below (not from me) on YouTube:

[youtube 9UkW8oREtaQ nolink]

(note #3: I wonder how they get people to track all this stuff down. Probably massive searching (search terms with computers) and interns?))

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So what’s life like for the man who is baller, emcee, thug, poet, and warlord all wrapped into one?

It’s great! I’m just living in Hanoi, Vietnam, working for an IT company learning about my Vietnamese heritage, women, and maybe most importantly, how to live as myself.

Thanks for coming to the site, so I’ll talk quickly about myself and the site. My name is Michael, I’m Vietnamese-American and originally from the Bay Area. Born in 1980, lived in San Jose for most of my pre-Vietnam life (more on that later), graduated from Cal (go Bears!), still pursuing the dot-com dream 10 years later. I moved from the US in September 2006, first to Malaysia to work a contract gig for 5 months, then back to Hanoi, and that’s where I’m at now, doing some work, hanging out with some great people, and seeing how it will all come out. This blog site’s just supposed to be somewhere where I can reflect and voice opinions about anything I think- so yeah, it’s like any other blog.

Me:

The phrase(?) “baller, emcee….” comes from Kyle. What’s great about this is that Kyle gave me this line and cannot remember doing so himself.

The name of the site, I Spit Hot Fire, comes from Dave Chapelle, and more specifically from the MTV Making the Band skit on his show from Season 1.

I do like the title because I like to think it reflects me (ego!), or at least on this site, I hope to reflect it.

Ok. Enjoy!

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