Copyright Infringement Notices

[The Mad Jackyl]

Check this out, guys. Today I got a fax from Somei, Maeda & Nakagawa, Attorneys at Law representing Konami of Japan for notices of copyright infringement under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. The downloads section on my site is done for. Every MG file, be it music or trailers or even ROMS must be removed. I'll scan the pages tonight so everyone can get a look at what they had to say. Damn you, Tatsuya Nakagawa!

[[creepy little bastard]]

wow, what a f...ck up, y'know theres loopholes to that, if you edit and call it your media, thats what Metal Gear Source does

[The Mad Jackyl]

Can you really do that? I'm not so sure you can. What did they do, exactly?

[Otty]

And what if you don't remove it? They can't do you anything. They are just scaring you.

You can try putting all your files on another website and say you removed it.

[[creepy little bastard]]

they plaster there name all over there stuff, you should edit your trailers with your name at the start, a big Metal Gear Confidential insignia, its easy to do if you have Nero or even MS media creater/editor

[Otty]

But can that really stop the faxing to Jackyl? What's the difference if you put a big insignia on all the files? I think they will still contact him.

[[creepy little bastard]]

well Metal Gear Source is THE biggest and best metal Gear site on the net, www.metalgearsource.com and they host loads of media and sh*t and they've never run into any trouble

[genaside2]

Dang dude.

That's crazy.

I was going to ask you about those ROM files too but I guess not anymore.

[The Mad Jackyl]

To revive an old topic..well, it's better than making a new one, right...

I just emailed Mr. Nakagawa, Konami's legal rep. and this is what I said:

Mr. Nakagawa,

I am writing on behalf of my website, Metal Gear Confidential
(www.mgconfidential.com), a non-profit fan site which is being pursued for
copyright infringement by yourselves and those who you represent. I have been
advised to communicate with you directly instead of through my domain host.
Currently, there are music files, ROM files and video files hosted on my
domain which have come under the scrutiny of Konami and their representatives
for copyright infringement. In order to keep my site going, I am willing to
remove this material to avoid any problems in the future. I will remove all
music and ROM files in accordance to your demands. However, I claim a fair
usage right to host video files (e.g. trailers) on my site so long as I make
it visibly clear to visitors to my site that the material is copyrighted by
Konami and show proper attribution in all instances of these materials.
Furthermore, I will also post a disclaimer that my site it in no way
affiliated or representative of Konami or its products.

To recount what has been said, I am stating that I am willing to remove all
music and ROM files to meet copyright requirements but still claim the right
to host copyrighted videos as long as proper attribution is given to the
materials and that all such materials are not my own original works. What I
need from you in writing is that this is acceptable and that we both agree to
these terms. Please work with me so I can get my site back!

With Great Respect,

(Name Mysteriously Edited, muahahahaaaa)
Webmaster, Metal Gear Confidential
www.mgconfidential.com

[thesonofbigboss]

well said and well worded, hopefully gets the site back on its feet ;D

[A.G.]

Yeah man, Confidential needs to get back in the game, enough of the sitting on the sidelines. ;D

[The Mad Jackyl]

I won't die...not as long as you still live...

I am now in possession of the complete Metal Gear Confidential files.

[The Mad Jackyl]

Now that I've got my info backed up, I need a new host, one that allows at least 500 MB disk space and no less than 30 GBs of bandwidth per month.

[A.G.]

Homestead? ;D