From: "Guttenberg, Jonathan" (guttenbj@BDD.com)
To: "'bryanf@samurai.com'" (bryanf@samurai.com)
Cc: "Field, Lauren" (FIELDL@BDD.com)
Subject: Your Web Site
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 17:16:33 -0500
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Dear Bryan,
We have just discovered that you are using several excerpts from books
published by Bantam Books.  While we appreciate your enthusiasm for our
books (Virtual Light and Snowcrash), you are using material in which
Bantam Doubleday Dell controls the rights and has not granted you
permission to use.  Accordingly, your use of the material violates our
and the author's copyright and other proprietary rights.  Please cease
and desist your use of these excerpts and confirm that you have done so
via email  Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Jon Guttenberg
VP, New Media
Bantam Doubleday Dell