There is a website that is selling ILLEGAL merchandise of Hello Kitty and to make matters worse, the images of Hello Kitty have been altered without Sanrio’s permission; they parade a variety of ill-mannered images, all showing a TORTURED Hello Kitty in possible scenarios of death, such as crucifixion, electrocution, hanging and gun-shot wounds.

This is their address: www.goodbyekitty.net

By definition, copyright infringement includes but not limited to the following:”…the unauthorized use of material which is covered by copyright law, in a manner that violates one of the original copyright owner’s exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works that build upon it…”

This website is profiting by producing DERIVATIVEworks using the original character of Hello Kitty! I am positive they have not acquired any legal documentation or licensing from Sanrio to merchandise, distribute and capitalize on Hello Kitty! Furthermore, this website is tainting the personality of Hello Kitty! They are misrepresenting and defaming her character.

We need to advocate for Hello Kitty by starting to petition ALL Hello Kitty Supporters! We also need to communicate this problem to Sanrio asking them to issue a Cease & Desist Letter, which demands from the responsible party to halt immediately all use of the infringed materials!!!

We need to send this letter to the www.printfection.com, who is the web-host for this company; it is not enough that printfection has a copyright infringement notice on their site; they didn’t even bother to check and disapprove goodbyekitty’s content before hosting them on their server!!! Shame on them!To lend your support and help combat this unfortunate problem, please copy this letter and circulate it in all kawaii & sanrio related forums, blogs and friends. By doing this we are defending two very important motions: 1) Hello Kitty’s originality & reputation; 2) Copyright laws, which also protect YOUR artistic creations from thieves!