Re: US COPORATION VIOLATES COPYRIGHT LAWS

Subject: Re: Re: US COPORATION VIOLATES COPYRIGHT LAWS

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: : : : Hi!, : : Enclosed the following informations, : : COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT BY VIRTUS CORPORATION : : This notice served as a warning to those who had dealings or : : considering to have dealings and to all Consumers/User of the 3D : : Website Builder and Concept Cad. The following contents contain : : materials of Copyright violation by VIRTUS CORPORATION of 114 MACKENAN : : DR, SUITE 100, CARY, NORTH CAROLINA 27511, USA. : : My name is Garie Sim, I earn my living working as an Artist and : : Designer. I have been robbed off my rights by VIRTUS CORPORATION on : : my Literary works. : : In 1993, I invested in Virtus Softwares and had encounter problems : : with the WalkThrough PRO. In order to resolve the problem, I contacted : : Virtus Tech Support department. The Tech Support Department, Mr Scott, : : told me to send my files and libraries in order to solve the problem. : : Virtus Corporation not only solve my problem but also solved their : : problem, by copying my works and publishing it into their 3D Website : : Builder software sometime in 1996. The 3D Website Builder was : : distributed/sold worldwide in Macintosh and Window version. It came to : : my attention End 1996 and I called to complaint on their Infringement : : of my works to the Tech Support and Richard Boyd (sale manager), he : : told me over the phone that he will look into the matter. I wrote a : : formal complaint over the use of my works in their 3D Website Builder : : and suggested that they pay me royalties, for using my creative works : : in the three movies and two 3D modelling files. They failed to reply : : to my complaints. (Ref. To DOC.1&2) : : On February 20th 1997, I received an email from Sherri Morningstar of : : Virtus, introducing herself as a product marketing manager, based on : : Walkthrough Technology producing ConceptCad, requesting that I be an : : Advisory Council Member to review their software. I confirmed my : : appointment as their Advisory Council member on April 1997 at their : : request. In my appointment, an agreement setting out the terms and : : the benefits was for a year (I received zero benefits for my : : contributions). On reviewing, their Beta ConceptCad Softwares, I : : discovered that there was further infringement and unauthorized usage : : of my other works, I protested to Sherri Morningstar about the issue : : and also told her that there was infringment on my works in the 3D : : Website Builder.(REF. TO DOC.3) : : I insisted that they put a stop in publishing my works on the MBF Bank : : found in the Beta ConceptCad Software, as the matter of the 3D Website : : Builder issue had not been resolved. There was no reply to my many : : emails. I was very pissed with Virtus Corporation for their delayed : : tactics which I later found out in 1999 was to my disadvantage under : : their US copyright laws. I threaten Virtus with a Law Suits with : : regards to the matter of copyright infringement dated October1998 and : : following that I received an email from Richard Boyd. He requested : : for evidence for the infringement, I email him the five files three : : times, from PICT, JPG to BMP as requested, but he told me that he : : can1t open the files. I was really annoyed with his response, as this : : was the company who sell Macintosh and Window softwares, able to copy : : my Movies and 3D Files but cannot open the evidence sent to him. I : : finally direct Richard Boyd to go and get their 3D website Builder : : software to open the files. The evidence was undeniable and I received : : email from Virtus Controller, Jim Hayne, who indicated that he will : : try to resolve the matter amicably. In their letter dated 18th : : December 1998, to resolve the matter, Jim Hayne have declared in : : writing that Virtus Corporation had spent US$4,000,000.00 on software : : development and manufacturing and that total net revenues for 3D : : Website Builder for the year 1996, 1997, 1998 ( three years running ) : : amounted to US$637,000.00 for worldwide sales. He further belittle my : : works and claimed that my images that they had used only contributed : : .5 % of the total images of over 1,000 images in the 3D Website : : Builders softwares. He values the worth of my works contributed at : : US$159.25 and indicated that Virtus Corporation was willing to pay me : : US$1,000.00 ( December 1998) instead, to cover past royalties and I : : will have to assign all right, title and interest in the images at : : issue to Virtus and disclaim all right to future royalties therefrom. : : Of course I did not accept their offer, I must be a very desperate man : : if I did accept the offer of US$1,000.00. I am poor but I am a man : : with principal and if my works was not good enough, it should not : : even be circulating it worldwide. IF A BIG AND REPUTABLE COMPANY LIKE : : VIRTUS CORPORATION CAN BREACH THE COPYRIGHT LAWS, THEY HAVE NO RIGHT : : TO STOP OTHERS FROM DOING THE SAME. (Ref. To Doc.5) : : They claim that my images only contributed to .5% but the .5% effort : : was good enough to appear in two of their Introduction Movies Files : : and my two 3D files was used in the Main Demo Folder of the 3D Website : : Builder, to impress the 500,000 over thousand user of its : : capabilities, but it was not good or deem fit to pay my initial fee of : : US$17,000.00 back in 1996. : : I want all consumer and user to know that the Movies and Files were : : not created by using 3D Website Builder. I created the Three APOLLO : : movies and the Two 3D Files, MAN/MBF BANK using WALKTHROUGH PRO 2.5 : : Softwares. Virtus Corporation have Misled all Consumers Concern into : : believing the works was created by Website Builders and Concept Cad as : : in the Introductory CD Rom. Please also note that the infringment on : : my files in the Beta CONCEPTCAD was also design by using Walkthrough : : Pro. : : On 25/07/99, I put Virtus Corporation on notice for further violation : : of the copyright law on the use of MBF BANK library and files, in : : their latest 3.0 and 4.0 versions of Concept Cad. This was the very : : same file that I created, was infringed in the 3D website builder too. : : In the Conceptcad software, the credit given with my name and file : : were spelled wrongly. ( Ref. To DOC.4) : : Virtus Corporation did not removed the infringe file for both : : softwares even though I had protested to them earlier. I was told by : : Richard Boyd that the files had been removed. Virtus Corporation lied : : again and conveniently used it to introduce the capabilities of the : : Conceptcad software and sold it worldwide. I am asking for royalties : : from both softwares, the 3D Website Builder and the Conceptcad. : : The US lawyer that I engaged in January 1999 and the high legal fees : : that I have to pay, have not acted in my interest. They have failed : : to inform me earlier of my position and it took them 3 months to : : notify me that I have not register my works in the US and therefore, I : : am not entitled to recover statutory damages. Being an alien, how : : could I have known that I have to register my works in the US within : : the stipulated time and even if I did have time, Virtus Corporation, : : Mr Richard Boyd, Mr Jim Hyne had abused such laws to their advantage : : by playing games and evading the issue with me. I was further advised : : that I could only recover the defendant's attributable to the : : infringement, plus my actual damages and these amounts will be high : : enough to justify spending approximately $180,000.00 in their legal : : fees. I am questioning the Laws and the Makers of these Laws. Because : : of these Copyright Law Of The United States section 412 and 504, : : Virtus Corporation have taken advantage of the situation and abuse the : : copyright law of the USA against an alien. : : On the contrary, I had checked with our Trade Policy Maker and : : was informed that Singapore had an understanding with the United : : States for reciprocal copyright protection since 1987 and was : : superseded by TRIPS Agreement to protect Copyright of WTO Members : : since 1995. In addition, an International Convention, The Berne : : Convention for protection of Singaporean's Literary and Artistic : : Works, it came into force on December 21st.1998 and works originated : : in any member country must be granted the same level of copyright : : protection by other member countries as that given to the works of : : their own citizens. If this is true, why do I need to register my : : works in the US? : : I am claiming and demanding for my rights on international ground. : : Virtus Corporation have NO RIGHT to publish my creations without my : : Consent/Approval. Virtus Corporation had NO RIGHT to tell others not : : to copy the rights of their Softwares. Virtus Corporation have no : : respect for Copyright of others and therefore have set a very bad : : example for others to follows. With such unlawful act, the copyright : : issues against piracy can never be resolved internationally if Virtus : : Corporation is allowed to get away with my literary works. : : The US Copy Right Law makers must realize that the Legal fee in the : : USA and their copyright law could be abuse by their own against an : : alien1s Literary and Artistic Works, who is not aware of such laws and : : legal fees. Please take note that to fight Piracy round the world : : would all be a waste if the Copy Cat is just right in their own : : backyard protected by their own laws. : : My contribution in the Virtus 3D website and Concept cad in the Main : : introductory Menu have help Virtus Corporation in their sales and : : profits worldwide and I justify my claim at US$5 million for the : : double infringement but they have failed to respond to my demand. : : Virtus Corporation claimed that my present demand are several orders : : of Magnitude above what is appropriate. What should have been : : appropriate is that Virtus Corporation should respect one1s right and : : should not have violated the Copyright Law in the first place. Virtus : : Corporation did not abide and had abuse the Copyright Laws of US and : : on infringement of one1s right they claim that I have no Claim under : : the US Copyright law. Virtus Corporation did not refer to the : : Copyright Laws of the USA when they copy / publish my works and : : distributing worldwide without my consent/approval or knowledge, they : : broke their own laws and they expect me, an alien to repect/follow : : their laws in my claim of $5 million. : : Virtus Corporation have not been sincere in their settlement which : : they claimed to want to settle amicably. By offering me US$1,000.00 : : for the 3D Website Infringement was an insult to me and If this was : : the figure that I deserved for my contribution, then I presume their : : solicitor1s fee should be at US$100.00, afterall you don1t profits : : from solicitor1s fee. I have already spent US$5,000.00 in three month : : in legal fee just to be told of the US Copyright Laws.Not only must : : I be a very rich man to make my claim against a US Company, the end : : result would not be able to justify for my legal cost followings such : : Copyright laws in the USA. : : I am still determine in my fight against Copyright Infringement with : : Virtus Corporation and I will fight them with International Aids : : through the Internet. I do not want somebody else to face the same : : situation as I did and I welcome your views and suggestion. I want : : all Consumers to realise that the software by Virtus Corporation is : : all a liar and is very misleading in the capabilities of the two : : mentioned softwares. I would appreciate that the US Trade and Policy : : makers stop the sales of the Conceptcad and 3D Website Builder, and : : that the said softwares by Virtus Corporation be removed from sales : : until this matter is resolved. : : Thank you for your kind attention, please Email me if you have doubt : : as these doubt can be easily verified by supporting documents and : : files. : : Thank You, : : Yours Sincerely, : : Garie Sim : : http://www.garieinternational.com : Even when the law is fair and correct, there may not be justice. Not all can afford good legal service. The best that I can suggest is in my service mark, Elaine's Workshop, Early Legal Advice Is Not Expensive. : M. Arthur Auslander : ELAINE's Workshop: Early Legal Advice Is Not Expensive (sm) : Auslander & Thomas-Intellectual Property Law Since 1909 : 505 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018 : 212-594-6900, fax 212-244-0028,

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