It appears that "Good Prevails" is once again attempting to put out out-of-context "content" about me: an out-of-context, 60-second clip from a 33-minute, 9th Episode of The ELI Factor. 60-seconds selectively chosen out of 30-minutes where I am clearly sharing the screen with a co-host on an online show. Even the end of the out-of-context clip, it clearly shows my co-host laughing at me for "getting it out of my system" and I am "laughing" with him.
Prior to the episode beginning (not shown in her clip), I give ample warning that I would be engaged in some profanity-laced rants and to turn the video off if someone didn't want to be exposed to such content. At the end of the episode (also not shown in her clip), I apologize for the "ugly" episode and hope to not produce one like it again.
This 4-minute clip summarizes it all including the intro warning, her portions, and my public apology for the "ugly" episode I openly say that "should be password-protected" towards the conclusion of the episode IN CONTEXT. http://youtu.be/BHBXbD7FP7A
Because the Georgia Supreme Court oral argument from October 7, 2014 appears to indicate that at least 3 Justices seemed to understand my arguments and a decision is nearing: "Good Prevails" is attempting a preemptive PR strike in advance of the decision within the next couple of months: http://defiantly.net/chan-v-ellis-georgia-supreme-court-oral-argument-videos/
I apologize if I have broken any posting protocols by placing links. However, it is the easiest way for those who are truly interested in understanding the fuller context of this legal battle.
GA Court of Appeals Orders Case Transfer to GA Supreme Court
Because I am "the story", I will keep my opinions and commentary at a minimum. However, I have read comments on BOTH sides of the argument and I want to say I am paying attention to the feedback. I also respect everyone's right to openly express your opinion here whether you support my position or not.
A point I want to make is that we have many commenters such as all of you on ELI. In one historic (and tragic) moment with a few mouse-clicks, to comply with an overreaching court order from a small city judge, I had to make an entire discussion forum with 2,000 forum posts made by commenters, from the U.S. and overseas, entirely disappear *poof* from the Internet, not just the offensive ones. Think about that. And NONE of you can ever say, discuss, or learn anything about my legal adversary or the operations of her "copyright infringement settlement demand letters" on the ELI website anywhere. ELI had the most in-depth information anywhere for those who might want help in defending against stress-causing, fear-inducing, legal threaten letters over an unintentional sharing of a short poem.
In any case, the important follow up to this story is that the GA Court of Appeals (on July 2, 2014) ordered that my appeal transferred to the GA Supreme Court due to First Amendment (and other) issues that were brought up in our appeal briefs. That means someone was paying close attention in reading our appeal briefs. The First Amendment still appears to matter in the state of Georgia. I invite you to read the Court Order with no fluff: http://www.scribd.com/doc/232423410/Chan-vs-Ellis-GA-Court-of-Appeals-Ruling. The Court Order speaks for itself.
Your story sounds too familiar. It sounds like Getty Images and their infamous extortion letters. You didn't mention the name of the well-known conglomerate but that is what it sounds like to me.
It is interesting you brought up the "fair use" argument. That is something we have not considered before at ExtortionLetterInfo and will look into.
It sounds like to me your researcher friend didn't look much further into this than he should and he caved in prematurely. Thanks for your article.
On the post: Georgia State Court Issues Censorship Order Blocking Free Speech On Anti-Copyright Troll Message Board
January 2015 Update
It appears that "Good Prevails" is once again attempting to put out out-of-context "content" about me: an out-of-context, 60-second clip from a 33-minute, 9th Episode of The ELI Factor. 60-seconds selectively chosen out of 30-minutes where I am clearly sharing the screen with a co-host on an online show. Even the end of the out-of-context clip, it clearly shows my co-host laughing at me for "getting it out of my system" and I am "laughing" with him.
Prior to the episode beginning (not shown in her clip), I give ample warning that I would be engaged in some profanity-laced rants and to turn the video off if someone didn't want to be exposed to such content. At the end of the episode (also not shown in her clip), I apologize for the "ugly" episode and hope to not produce one like it again.
This 4-minute clip summarizes it all including the intro warning, her portions, and my public apology for the "ugly" episode I openly say that "should be password-protected" towards the conclusion of the episode IN CONTEXT. http://youtu.be/BHBXbD7FP7A
To learn more about what was in the "lost" 9th Episode of the ELI Factor, a 19-minute video & text Highlights Summary has been openly provided. http://defiantly.net/highlights-of-the-lost-9th-episode-of-eli-factor/
The "sudden" appearance of "Good Prevails" out of nowhere here on TechDirt is her "revenge and payback" response to my outspoken, public support of April Brown and the release of her book "Poetic Justice": http://defiantly.net/dash-poet-revenge-for-my-support-of-april-brown-and-poetic-justice/
Because the Georgia Supreme Court oral argument from October 7, 2014 appears to indicate that at least 3 Justices seemed to understand my arguments and a decision is nearing: "Good Prevails" is attempting a preemptive PR strike in advance of the decision within the next couple of months: http://defiantly.net/chan-v-ellis-georgia-supreme-court-oral-argument-videos/
I apologize if I have broken any posting protocols by placing links. However, it is the easiest way for those who are truly interested in understanding the fuller context of this legal battle.
On the post: Georgia State Court Issues Censorship Order Blocking Free Speech On Anti-Copyright Troll Message Board
GA Court of Appeals Orders Case Transfer to GA Supreme Court
A point I want to make is that we have many commenters such as all of you on ELI. In one historic (and tragic) moment with a few mouse-clicks, to comply with an overreaching court order from a small city judge, I had to make an entire discussion forum with 2,000 forum posts made by commenters, from the U.S. and overseas, entirely disappear *poof* from the Internet, not just the offensive ones. Think about that. And NONE of you can ever say, discuss, or learn anything about my legal adversary or the operations of her "copyright infringement settlement demand letters" on the ELI website anywhere. ELI had the most in-depth information anywhere for those who might want help in defending against stress-causing, fear-inducing, legal threaten letters over an unintentional sharing of a short poem.
In any case, the important follow up to this story is that the GA Court of Appeals (on July 2, 2014) ordered that my appeal transferred to the GA Supreme Court due to First Amendment (and other) issues that were brought up in our appeal briefs. That means someone was paying close attention in reading our appeal briefs. The First Amendment still appears to matter in the state of Georgia. I invite you to read the Court Order with no fluff: http://www.scribd.com/doc/232423410/Chan-vs-Ellis-GA-Court-of-Appeals-Ruling. The Court Order speaks for itself.
On the post: The Chilling Effects Of Copyfraud: Blocking A Researcher From Fair Use... And Scaring Him Into Staying Quiet About It
This sounds like Getty Images to me.
It is interesting you brought up the "fair use" argument. That is something we have not considered before at ExtortionLetterInfo and will look into.
It sounds like to me your researcher friend didn't look much further into this than he should and he caved in prematurely. Thanks for your article.
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