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ARNOLD LERMA NAZI-FRIENDLY COPYRIGHT CRIMINAL
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Lerma has been associated with one of the most notorious neo-Nazis
in the United States and is a copyright criminal.
Arnold Lerma was an active member of the Liberty Lobby and was hired
by Willis Carto to write 750-word pieces for his latest publication.
Lerma himself has mentioned that he is well paid for these compositions.
Lerma did not want this connection promoted which is understandable
since the Anti-Defamation League describes Willis Carto as "the most
important professional anti-semite in the United States."
On August 13, 1995, a federal copyright infringement suit was
filed against Arnold Lerma and U.S. Marshals raided his home,
seizing computer equipment and serving him with a restraining
order. In court on January 19, 1996, Judge Leonie M. Brinkema,
confirmed that the materials in question are validly copyrighted,
and that if she were to sanction conduct and arguments such as
Lerma's, there would be nothing left of copyright protection.
In addition to statutory damages for each violation, Judge Brinkema
also awarded attorney fees to the Church.
David G. Post, co-director of the Cyberspace Law Institute at
Georgetown University, said, "Unless this judge were willing to
completely rewrite copyright law for cyberspace a job that she
is not entitled to perform under our legal system the court ruling
regarding the copyright nature of these materials seems to have been
dictated by sound legal principle. "What makes Scientology cases
interesting from a copyright standpoint," he added, "is that the
copyright holder did not choose to make the material available in
electronic form. It was smuggled across borders to cyberspace.
We may need to write different rules for these situations than for
when copyrighted materials are intentionally made available in
cyberspace."
Faxhor
References:
SCIENTOLOGY PUTS FAITH IN COPYRIGHTS
The Associated Press August 13, 1995
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO FACTNET? by Noyem Akopian July 1, 1996
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=4r9uud%248qd%40doc.zippo.com&output=gplain
THE BLACK AND WHITE OF JUSTICE by Freedome Magazine
Published by The Church of Scientology International
http://www.freedommag.org/english/vol28I2/page30.htm
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Faxwhore is an anonymous OSA coward.
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