6th December, 1996

Dear Mr Harrison,

My name is David Hyland. You don’t know me, and that’s probably just as well. I’m 23 years old and studying Literature at Deakin University, and in my spare time I’m a rabid second-generation Beatle fan.

The reason I’m writing to you today is to tell you about a site I have started putting up on the Internet. See, the theme for my web-page is George Harrison, and everything on the page has something to do with you. I’ve named my page Crackerbox Palace- The Dark Horse Resource.

On my page, I intend to put reviews of your albums; a few pictures; a George with the Beatles section; Travelling Wilburys section; a Hand Made Films section; a quote-page, and a short biography (a very short biography, because you’re a very private man). So far, there’s not much to do in Crackerbox Palace, but I’m working on it. You can see it as it is at: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/5773 ...

If you have any contributions you’d like to make, or suggestions for the page, I’m more than willing to listen. After all, it is your page!

I’ve started reviewing your albums, starting at Wonderwall. I have nothing but praise for them, of course. If you’re lucky, you may even get a few extra sales out of the recommendations on my page. I’ll be linking a few on-line record stores to the review page, so I imagine there will be a few impulse buyers purchasing your albums after reading my glowing reviews.

There is however, one sticky issue I’d like to clear up straight away, and that is the COPYRIGHT issue. So far as these types of things go, I’m very naive. I’m sure you can understand my concern. If you feel I’m breaching copyright in any way, please let me know, and I’ll see what I can do about it. At the moment, I’m not sure about who I’m meant to get permission off, or how to go about it, so any advice you could offer me would be appreciated.

Thank you for reading this letter.

Wishing you and your family every success in the future,

David Hyland