Please do not buy, illegally, ripped off, bootlegged or pirated Soul Train DVDs - from any source.

We are asking all Soul Train friends and fans - in our most serious terms of reaching out for your loyalty and support - to refrain from ordering and/or purchasing, unlawfully, ripped off, bootlegged or pirated Soul Train TV Programs or Soul Train TV Program Clips, on DVDs, tapes or any other video format.

The cause of our alarm stems from a, current, awareness of Soul Train Programming and Soul Train Programming Clips, being, openly, offered for purchase over the internet. The, apparent, invaders of our Soul Train programming ownership - and US Patent Office, registered copyrights, appears to be a so-called internet website - identifying itself, quite brazenly, as “blackhanddvd.com” - a, clearly, no-holds-barred operation, holding no legal rights or authorization, whatsoever, with respect to the selling of Soul Train program footage (regardless of format or configuration).

The persons who are operating the above-mentioned “blackhanddvd.com” website, who are attempting to sell copyrighted Soul Train programming, with no legal right to do so, seem convincing in the role of lawless copyright violators, with no respect for Federal laws against stealing the copyrighted works of others. Moreover, these same thieves seem equally convincing as the caliber of lowlifes who enjoy stealing the rare creativity of others - through criminal action.

Indeed, the severest damage caused by internet bandits, could be seen as the scarring that such dishonest pursuits can leave on the reputation of the internet itself; so widely revered for its, extraordinary, usefulness and the profoundly valued, overall, services it renders.

Repeating - we are asking the following of all Soul Train fans and friends - in our most serious terms of reaching out for your loyalty and support - with genuine appreciation: Please do not buy, illegally, ripped off, bootlegged or pirated Soul Train DVDs - from any source.