Here is the article, and here is my response

When Can You Be Sued For Introducing Copyrighted Works At Trial? Almost Never, But Plaintiffs Keep Trying

I asked to post in  nutshell, 1) the ARDC also infringed the copryights of Janet Phelan and Gloria Sykes who are award winning journalists and JP already has her book out “Exile” and the ARDC never bought a copy of that; 2) others have posted not expecting or giving the ARDC perission to use their creative writings either.

How do you explain the fact that these published and non published authors had their creative writings essentially stolen by the ARDC?  They did not give permission.  The ARDC did not buy their books, nor did they promise to even buy a future copy of movies, books and documentaries?

Further, no case law reporter puts copyrighted materials on a website, but the ARDC does just that.  It’s not transformative.  It’s just theft.

The ARDC copied 8000 pages of my works, and the valuable works of others, not paying one dime to anyone. The N.D. Ill. Judge St Eve just rubber stamped what they wanted and didn’t give a whit it was nothing but theft.

Not a one of the authors–Phelan, Gloria Sykes, myself, KKD, Rosanna Miller, John Howard Wyman, Dominic Spera, Janet and Delores Bedin, and many many other abused in probate, were just not paid at all for their stories or writings, but the ARDC took them all–far in excess of what they needed for trial and without regard to the suffering of these individuals.

But the kicker?  This professor also put on HIS blog, 4 of my proprietary images put into a header.  I paid $700 for the artworks in that header and he just steals them.  Never contacts me and never asks any permission.

I get it.  He is at a big lawfirm, I am nothing.  I make very little money, I struggle day to day to provide free or low cost legal services to those victims of civil and human rights violations and probate victims.

The publication of his article, and the kicker to steal my little bit of intellectual property (book and paintings) is just like a further kick in the stomach.

Please visit his website and leave a comment that what he says is wrong, dead wrong, and the probate victims are opposed to the theft of their works by the ARDC and now by a megal legal firm that has money and power.

Joanne

PS —  You will note that I did not use the Foley and Hoag logo in this post to promote my blog, or their artwork.  Foley and Hoag are nothing but base infringers, don’t use them.  No morals, no ethics.