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Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2021 09:20:54 +0100 (CET)
From: noreply@mamedev.org
Reply-To: legal@exa.ac
Subject: Cease & Desist Notice - Copyright Infringement
To: mamedev@mamedev.org

MAME Team,

We, exA-Arcadia, are the arcade licensees of Cave Interactive Co.,
Ltd.'s arcade titles including Akai Katana and Dodonpachi Saidaioujou
(hereinafter referred to as the "Product"). It has been determined
that you are currently using the Product which is copyrighted work
inaccordance with Title 17 of the U.S. Code without our
authorization. We have found the following instances of unauthorized
use of our Product:
1. Akai Katana
2. Dodonpachi Saidaioujou

Location and Description
MAME CV1000 Driver
https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/drivers/cv1k.cpp

Permission was neither asked nor granted to reproduce our Product and
your actions therefore constitute an infringement of our rights.
Accordingly, we demand that you immediately remove the material and
cease any further all of our Product, including any other
infringements, otherwise you could be liable for statutory damages as
high as $150,000 as set forth in Section 504(c)(2)(Remedies for
Infringement) therein.

A lawsuit will be commenced against you if you do not cease the use of
the aforementioned Product.

If we do not receive an affirmative response from you by January 1,
2022 indicating that you have fully complied with these requirements
we shall consider taking any and all legal remedies available to
rectify this situation.
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