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Hi Ezra,

On behalf of Exile Productions and Exile Publishing, we would kindly ask you not to post pirate copies of Van Morrison albums / tracks on your site.

We do appreciate that you are fans of / are promoting Van, but Exile would greatly appreciate your co-operation in removing your links to the pirate files in question.

For your readers’ info, up-to-the-minute info on Van’s latest album - Keep It Simple - and 2008 shows is, of course, available on www.vanmorrison.com and www.myspace.com/vanmorrison and, for a limited period, you can still see Van's exclusive BBC sessions at http://www.bbc.co.uk/musictv/vanmorrison/v… . We’re also pleased to announce that an increasing archive of exclusive film footage of Van Morrison performances has now been made available for fans on Exile’s official YouTube channel at http://uk.youtube.com/user/OfficialExileFi….

As you will appreciate, this e-mail is written on a without prejudice basis and, as such, all of our clients' accumulated, worldwide rights and remedies remain strictly reserved : please excuse this required formality.

With Thanks & Regards,

WEB SHERIFF

Officer-
What pirated files do you speak of?

WEB SHERIFF
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Hi Again Ezra,

Thanks for your post ... .. we're talking of the audio file embedded above and that we're listening to off this page as we write this post !!

All The Best,

WEB SHERIFF

But it's an embedded player, the song is not downloadable.

WEB SHERIFF
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Hi Again Ezra,

Thanks again for your reply ... .. fyi, this track is very easy to rip and, as such, it still acts as a source ... .. the promotion is greatly - and genuinely - appreciated and, when Exile wish to offer streams of tracks from "Astral Weeks" to Van's fans, they'll be doing this off the official site at vanmorrison.com .

Best (to All),

WEB SHERIFF

WEB SHERIFF
Protecting Your Rights on the Internet
Tel 44-(0)208-323 8013
Fax 44-(0)208-323 8080
websheriff@websheriff.com
www.websheriff.com

Hi Again Ezra,

Thanks again for your reply ... .. fyi, this track is very easy to rip and, as such, it still acts as a source ... .. the promotion is greatly - and genuinely - appreciated and, when Exile wish to offer streams of tracks from "Astral Weeks" to Van's fans, they'll be doing this off the official site at vanmorrison.com .

Best (to All),

WEB SHERIFF

WEB SHERIFF
Protecting Your Rights on the Internet
Tel 44-(0)208-323 8013
Fax 44-(0)208-323 8080
websheriff@websheriff.com
www.websheriff.com

Hi Again Ezra,

Thanks again for your reply ... .. fyi, this track is very easy to rip and, as such, it still acts as a source ... .. the promotion is greatly - and genuinely - appreciated and, when Exile wish to offer streams of tracks from "Astral Weeks" to Van's fans, they'll be doing this off the official site at vanmorrison.com .

Best (to All),

WEB SHERIFF

"easy to rip"? Really?

Well, regardless, here is what I will do Web Sheriff. Because you asked, I will take down the stream of a 40-year-old song (I'd hate for that to leak), and I will also NOT run the feature article and numerous blog posts I had planned for the show. I'd hate for my generous coverage to ignite any illicit downloading or streaming. My apologies.

Keep fighting the good fight, Sheriff.