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"Richard N. Draheim, Jr." <draheim@swbell.net> |
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supremelawfirm@iname.com |
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"The F Zone" [sic] | |
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Dear Mr. Draheim,
Thank you for your prompt reply. We take
it as additional proof that the film in
question infringes the author's copyrights
in "The Federal Zone: Cracking the Code
of Internal Revenue."
I hold the exclusive copyrights to the book
and its title. I am the sole author, of all
editions, both printed and electronic.
Ongoing discussions of this work have been
happening on the Internet for many years
now, predating the release of the film
by several years.
The Preface has always expressly reserved
all my exclusive rights in that work.
Your own book review adopts the exact
same definition which we adopted for the
book's title: enclaves, territories, and
possessions.
I suggest that both you and the producers
spend some time reading the copyright laws
in this country.
Title 18 contains criminal penalties for
copyright infringement.
We are right now negotiating the film
rights, and the title of our film will
be "The Federal Zone."
We appreciate your willingness to admit,
in your film review, that the "F"
in "The F Zone" stands for "Federal".
For your information, we have already
served the producer with a DEMAND TO CEASE
AND DESIST. Evidently, he has chosen
to ignore this DEMAND.
Ignorance of the law is no excuse.
Sincerely yours,
/s/ Paul Andrew Mitchell, B.A., M.S.
Counselor at Law, Federal Witness,
Private Attorney General, Candidate
for the U.S. House of Representatives,
and Webmaster of the Supreme Law Website
at URL:
http://supremelaw.org/
See also:
http://supremelaw.org/fedzone9/order.htm
http://supremelaw.org/fedzone9/index.htm
---- you wrote:
> Dear Mr. Paul Andrew Mitchell:
>
> I have received your e-mail requesting my assistance in enforcing an
> infringement of copyright claim against the movie "The F Zone."
> Unfortunately, I do not think I can be of much help since I don't
think
> your claim has much validity.
>
> Generally speaking, book titles are not copyrightable. Further, as
is
> explained within the movie, "The F Zone" title is ambiguous. The "F"
> also refers to a common four-letter Anglo-Saxon vulgarity.
>
> I am not familiar enough either with your book, "The Federal Zone,"
or
> with the work of other researchers along the same lines to know how
> extensively the producers of the movie were inspired by your
research,
> or by the work of prior researchers upon whom you also relied. It is
my
> understanding that although specific arrangements of historical facts
in
> a piece of prose are copyrightable, those facts themselves are not.
So,
> even if your work were the film's sole source for those facts, it
might
> not be infringeing on your copyright.
>
> I only saw the movie after it was completed, so I have absolutely no
> knowledge that would help you "in proving that the movie was produced
> and marketed without obtaining [your] prior permission to use the
> title."
>
> I would guess that perhaps your bad experience with web-site
developers
> who posted your book on-line without your permission has made you
> over-zealous in the protection of your believed rights.
>
> Perhaps the producers should have hired you as a consultant, to
prevent
> any ill will on your part, and to benefit from your expertise. But
this
> movie was made on a shoe-string budget. I have heard that the
producer
> spent a good part of his savings to make this film, (using what would
> have been the downpayment on his house), motivated mostly by the same
> thing that motivated you to write your book: a desire to educate the
> public about how their rights are being destroyed by the tyrannical
> IRS. I seriously doubt that the film has come anywhere close to
> recovering its costs. Frankly, I think you should cut the guy some
> slack and not harrass him with dubious claims.
>
> I am not inclined to talk on the phone, but if you have some
questions
> you would like to e-mail me, I would consider them.
>
> Sincerely yours,
> Richard N. Draheim, Jr.
> Washington delenda est
>
>
> PS I am a host of a cable access public affairs program from a
> libertarian perspective in Dallas called, "America, Outside the
> Beltway." If you are in Dallas later this summer, perhaps we can
have
> you on the show to discuss your research and promote your book?
>
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