After posting _1_ Vampire Hunter D movie cel on my 
website, I received the following letter from Mr. 
Rick Alonso from Anime Link.

As this letter is of legal natural and concern any 
collectors/dealers that may consider purchasing a 
cel from this anime in a japanese shop (or other), 
and as it's not a private message but a legal one, 
I am posting a copy of it here for your 
information.

I am not especialy interested in going into an 
argument about the validity of Mr. Alonso claim.
The fact is that many large japanese shops exhibit 
and sell such cels openly on a regular basis. As I 
have yet to get any proof of Mr. Alonso claims and 
as anybody can/may buy such cels from those shops 
(which naturaly have other opinion about the 
nature of those cels), I won't pronounce myself on 
this subject. I am just giving you the 
information, as I got them from Mr. Alonso.

Cheers,
Yann Stettler


Mr. Stettler,

Its obvious that you changed your mind about 
carrying any VHDB cels in your inventory.
We were just informed of your post and saw your 
upload on your website.

Earlier this year, we had sent you a courtesy 
email, asking you not to carry the stolen VHD cels 
that was on the market, on your website. The cel 
in question on your site is from Cut #S14, scene
12, a definite stolen cut # in our records.
We would like your cooperation and request that 
you take down the cel immediately. We have no idea 
who may buy the cel but since you have many
U.S. customers, there is a strong possiblity that 
one of them may buy it. As you know Anime Link & 
Urban Vision Entertainment has the exclusive 
license to the sales of the VHDB cels in the 
United States, so if your U.S. client buys this 
cel, we have the legal right and legal means to 
confiscate the cel from him/her.  In the U.S., 
receiving stolen property, whether one knows it or 
not, is against the law.  We're sure you don't 
want your clients to get into trouble with the 
law.  If you sell it to a client in any other 
country other than the U.S.; Film Link 
International will take whatever legal action 
necessary to protect their intellectual property.

Since it is only one cel that you uploaded (and 
hopefully you don't have anymore except personal 
ones), it is in the best interest of everyone
concerned if you obey international license & 
copyright laws and take the cel down off your 
site. We request that you do the right thing here.

Btw, Film Link International is in the process of 
working out seperate deals with the Japanese 
dealers (Commit, Zero, Manadarake, Hobby Shop Raxa 
etc)to make their sales of the VHDB cel sales 
legit & legal. We will be attaching certificates 
of authenticity & inventory numbers to all the 
VHDB cels.  We are not in negotiations with your 
business for the wholesale dealer program
at this time. The program will not start until 
late summer, so if you are interested in 
participating in it, we will consider it based on 
your actions in this current situation.

We await your response.

Rick Alonso
Anime Link