Time: Sat Oct 11 06:30:28 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA02152; Sat, 11 Oct 1997 06:25:03 -0700 (MST) by usr04.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id GAA29922; Sat, 11 Oct 1997 06:20:03 -0700 (MST) Date: Sat, 11 Oct 1997 06:19:18 -0700 To: snetnews@world.std.com From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SNET: Public Notice and Demand to "Psyberdude" (Ron Turmel) I am not interested either in a flame war [sic] on this subject. But I am interested in having a decent, informative, and educated discussion of such topics as Common Law Copyrights v. statutory copyrights, and the Rights of Authors (like myself). To begin, you might read the Seventh Amendment, which clearly recognizes "suits at common law." Since Congress cannot amend the Constitution, this term has a permanent and fundamental meaning. Under the Tenth Amendment, the common law, as that term is used in the Seventh Amendment, has been expressly reserved to Citizens of the several states (of the Union). I am one of those Citizens, by Birthright. Accordingly, my claim to Common Law Copyrights in "The Federal Zone" is protected by the Seventh Amendment and by the Tenth Amendment. This means that the U.S. Constitution, the supreme Law of the Land, can be invoked to adjudicate my lawful claim to perpetual ownership of all Rights which attend to that work, notwithstanding any efforts which Congress might make to "repeal" [sic] the common law. Such efforts are unconstitutional, ab initio. Therefore, please do not attempt to impose federal copyright statutes upon this situation, because they simply do not apply. Confer at "Common-law copyright" in Black's Law Dictionary, as a point of departure. On this point, fraud vitiates even the most solemn contracts, and "using" a copy which was placed on the Internet, without prior authorization of the author, is certainly not a fair use [sic], regardless of what those statutes may say or not say. On the contrary, such a copy is stolen property. Period. Anyone who receives stolen property, is in the same unlawful position as the one who originally stole it. Last but not least, the electronic editions of "The Federal Zone" are more than just passive text documents. The chapters of that book are computer files which were assembled in an executable program, thus rendering any electronic edition computer software, in addition to being a published work protected by an explicit and conspicuous Common Law Copyright declaration in the Preface, where it belongs, and where it has always been. /s/ Paul Mitchell http://supremelaw.com copy: Supreme Law School You appear to be ignorant of the facts concerning widespread bootleg copies of "The Federal Zone," which I wrote under a pen name. For your information, we have decided to take legal action against the most flagrant violators. If you want to witness the clearly expressed, and conspicuous Common Law Copyright notice which has always been published in the Preface of that book, I will be happy to post pertinent paragraphs here. But, then, if you already have a bootleg copy of your own, that won't be necessary, will it? As for the rest of the comments below, I will not grace them with a reply. We no longer tolerate such rationalizing, and making excuses for unlawful behavior. /s/ Paul Mitchell http://supremelaw.com copy: Supreme Law School At 02:51 AM 10/11/97 EDT, you wrote: > >-> SearchNet's SNETNEWS Mailing List > >My $.02 worth for this fart in a windstorm: > >#1 -- I guess it's against Mitchell's law to borrow the book and read it. > >#2 -- I guess Mitchell does not believe in fair use or in the academic >use exceptions. > >#3 -- Looks to me like Cyberdude was doing a book review. Part of the >Fair Use doctrine. > >#4 -- ROFL: Non law enforcement types do not read rights to "suspects" >prior to making a "citizen's arrest". > >#5 -- Some other person wrote the book? There was a post that some other >person authored the book. > >#6 -- My, my we are thin skinned. Methinks that one who cannot deal with >criticism should stand clear of the net. > >#7 -- Would someone please educate Mitchell as to how copyright law >works. > >#8 -- I will be very surprised if I do not get flames on this. And we >all know how impossible it is to prove a negative. > >rbhemming@juno.com >:Robert B. Hemming > >On Thu, 09 Oct 1997 16:05:50 -0700 Paul Andrew Mitchell >[address in tool bar] writes: >> >>-> SearchNet's SNETNEWS Mailing List >> >> Public Notice and Demand to Mr. Ron Turmel (aka Psyberdude [sic]) >> >> >>Mr. Turmel, you have written the following message, and posted it >>on the Internet. >> >>Date: Fri, 03 Oct 1997 14:23:47 -0700 >>To: snetnews@world.std.com >> >>Quoting now: >> >>"You have excelled above all other Lawyers and Counselors at Law, by >>the >>compilation and publication of the incredible 'Federal Zone' book. >>There >>can be no dispute as to your legal standing in regard to the work that >>you >>have so magnificently done in the field of law." [end of quote] >> >>We regard this statement as probable cause to issue the following >>formal Notice and Demand to you directly: >> >>We have no record that you ever paid for the copy of "The Federal >>Zone," >>which you now appear to admit having read. >> >>Demand is now made of you to show cause publicly, here, why you should >> >>not be charged, and prosecuted civilly, for violating the conspicuous >>Common Law copyrights which belong to the author. Confer at >>"Common-law copyright" in Black's Law Dictionary, any edition; >>see also Edgar H. Wood Associates Inc. v. Skene, 347 Mass. 351, >>197 N.E.2d 886: equitable relief is available for violation of >>common law copyright. >> >>The author's Common Law copyrights are expressly and conspicuously >>reserved in the Preface of all extant electronic and printed versions >>ever released anywhere in the world. >> >>If you have never read so much as a single word in said book, >>please admit that this is the case, in public. The author >>will take such an admission as a rebuttable claim that you do >>not possess any unauthorized copies of its several chapters, >>or parts thereof. >> >>This Notice and the Demand are bona fide, genuine, and being >>copied to real human witnesses to the fact of its transmission, >>and publication, via the Internet. >> >>You are also informed hereby that you do have the Right to remain >>silent, that you have the right to an attorney, and that >>anything which you say, or write, from this point forward, >>can and will be held against you in a court of law, if the >>author elects to enforce His rights in a court of competent >>jurisdiction. >> >>Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. >> >> >>/s/ Paul Mitchell, author >>"The Federal Zone: Cracking the Code of Internal Revenue" >>http://supremelaw.com >> >>copy: The Internet, Supreme Law School, anonymous archivists >> >>=========================================================================== >>Paul Andrew Mitchell, Sui Juris : Counselor at Law, federal >>witness 01 >>B.A.: Political Science, UCLA; M.S.: Public Administration, >>U.C.Irvine 02 >>tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: >>24-hour/day-night 03 >>email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.3 on 586 >>CPU 04 >>website: http://supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library >>now 05 >>ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its >>best 06 >> Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal >>zone 07 >> Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o >>this 08 >>_____________________________________: Law is authority in written >>words 09 >>As agents of the Most High, we came here to establish justice. We >>shall 10 >>not leave, until our mission is accomplished and justice reigns >>eternal. 11 >>======================================================================== > >>12 >>[This text formatted on-screen in Courier 11, non-proportional >>spacing.] 13 >> >>-> Send "subscribe snetnews " to majordomo@world.std.com >>-> Posted by: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] >> >> > >-> Send "subscribe snetnews " to majordomo@world.std.com >-> Posted by: rbhemming@juno.com (Robert B. Hemming) > > > =========================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell, Sui Juris : Counselor at Law, federal witness 01 B.A.: Political Science, UCLA; M.S.: Public Administration, U.C.Irvine 02 tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night 03 email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.3 on 586 CPU 04 website: http://supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now 05 ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best 06 Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone 07 Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this 08 _____________________________________: Law is authority in written words 09 As agents of the Most High, we came here to establish justice. We shall 10 not leave, until our mission is accomplished and justice reigns eternal. 11 ======================================================================== 12 [This text formatted on-screen in Courier 11, non-proportional spacing.] 13
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