Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

COUNSELORS AT LAW

101 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10178-0060

212-309-6000

Fax: 212-309-6273

Stephen W. Feingold
212-309-6791
sfeingold@nnorganlewis.com

September 19, 2000

VIA OVERNIGHT COURIER

Eric Corley a/k/a Emmanuel Goldstein
The Corrected Book of Records
P.O. Box 752
Middle Island, New York 11953

Re:  Unauthorized Use and Registration of GUINESSRECORDS.COM
Our File Ref: 46411-0317

Dear Mr. Corley:

This law firm represents Diageo plc ("Diageo"), the owner of the famous GUINNESS BOOK
OF RECORDS, GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS and GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD
RECORDS trademarks, in connection with intellectual property and other matters. We write
to object to your registration and use of the domain name GUINESSRECORDS.COM.

As you know, the GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS, GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS and
GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS marks have been used extensively in commerce
throughout the United States and the world in connection with publications of world records
and related merchandise. Our client also owns numerous U.S. federal and foreign trademark
registrations featuring GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS and GUINNESS BOOK OF
WORLD RECORDS, as well as the famous GUINNESS marks for beer.

It appears that you have registered and are using the GUINESSRECORDS.COM domain name
in connection with a website that displays a claimed "correction" to a 1999 GUINNESS
BOOK OF RECORDS piece on Kevin Mitnick. While you may be entitled to express your
views on the Kevin Mitnick case and how it has been portrayed in the 1999 GUINNESS
BOOK OF RECORDS, you may not do so in a manner that is likely to cause consumer
confusion, dilute the distinctiveness, and lessen the value of Diageo's famous GUINNESS
marks. Courts have held that using a third party trademark in a domain name as a source
identifier constitutes trademark infringement. See Planned Parenthood Federation of
America, Inc. v. Bucci, No. 97 Civ. 0629 (KMW), 1997 WL 13313, at *11 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 24,
1997) (defendant's use of plaintiff s trademark as part of a domain name for a website critical
of plaintiff was not use as part of a communicative message but rather was use as a source
identifier, and thus constituted trademark infringement). Your use of
GUINESSRECORDS.COM as a deliberate misspelling of our client's domain name leads
consumers away from the official GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS site,
guinnessrecords.com. As such, your registration was obtained in bad faith, and has the effect
of causing confusion, at least temporarily, in the marketplace.

We are hopeful that having been apprised of the foregoing, you will voluntarily and promptly
transfer the domain name (and any other domain names you may have featuring GUINNESS
or any other Diageo mark) to our client. If you cooperate, Diageo will reimburse you for your
actual, paid domain name registration fees. We have attached a Domain Name Assignment
Agreement and Network Solution's domain name transfer form (which must be notarized) for
this purpose. Please respond by September 22, 2000.

At this time, Diageo reserves any and all of its rights with respect to your use of the
GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS logos and stylized marks, and your unauthorized link to
guinnessrecords.com.

We await your prompt response.

Sincerely,

Stephen W. Feingold

Enclosures

cc:  Alex Pattison (w/o encls.)