The new DVD release - AVON 7 TRIPLE FEATURE, containing three titles: SLAVE OF PLEASURE, MY MISTRESS ELECTRA, and PRISONER OF PLEASURE, all of which were created, produced, directed, written, and edited by me, is being illegally released by After Hours Cinema/Alternative Cinema without my permission. I hold the copyright pseudonymously to both Slave of Pleasure, which was distributed through Star Distributors Inc, and Prisoner of Pleasure, which was distributed through Leisure Time Booking Inc. Post 1978 motion picture copyright information can be easily accessed at copyright.gov should anyone care to have a look. I have served After Hours Cinema/Alternative Cinema with a cease and desist notice, demanding that they cease and desist from any attempt to sell these titles over the internet, or to wholesalers of DVD product who intend to sell them to retail outlets, and they have ignored my demand. It is my understanding that After Hours Cinema/Alternative Cinema obtained 16MM prints of these titles from a person who had, at one time, worked for the Avon Theater chain, and who had kept many of the prints that were shown in the Avon Theaters, and not returned to the distributors. Possession of these 16MM prints, which were used as source material for the digital transfer of these titles, does not constitute the right to market them by any means whatsoever, and DOES constitute infringement of my copyright to these titles, as well as infringement on my right of privacy, which has been violated by After Hours Cinema/Alternative Cinema by the use of the SHAUN COSTELLO name without permission in the marketing of this illegal release. Many people, over the years, have made vast amounts of money by selling films that I produced, without bothering to get permission to do so. This is just another example.
I HOPE THAT YOU WILL NOT BUY THIS BOOTLEG, AND ILLEGAL PRODUCT!
Thank you,
Shaun Costello
