Discussion:Need some suggestions to research a legal matter
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| + | Yeah, but think how cheap sending a letter is on the off chance somebody pays off to avoid the hassle. | ||
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Actionbsns (talk|edits) said: | 21 May 2009 |
| We all know how search challenged I am, and now I want to research a legal issue and I'm hoping somebody can help me find some phrases that will help me. The women's group that I belong to made the mistake of using a poem on our website (10 years ago!!!), that the members at that time thought was public domaine since the credit was "Annonymous" or "Author Unknown". It's a charming poem about a punctuation mark that looks a lot like a hyphen and how it relates to life. Turns out the author has hired a team of people to research the internet looking for unsuspecting people or groups who have unwittingly used her work, and is now writing letters demanding $5,000, or a lawsuit. One of our members is an elderly lady about 85, who's high school graduating class is having their final reunion this year and used her poem on their invitations. It was a small class to begin with and now there are only a few of them left and they have been told to pay up or be sued as well.
We have enlisted a lawyer to write a letter and have received a response, not favorable. So we are contemplating our next move, one choice is to just let her implement her lawsuit. I was trying to find other lawsuits that might have been filed by this person and see what the results have been but haven't found anything. I've used the author's name followed by "litigation" and "vs. xxx", the poem's name followed by "lawsuits", the name of the poem and the author's name, nothing comes up as it relates to a lawsuit. Any thoughts that would help? We are having a board meeting on Friday to determine what our next move should be. She's on the East Coast and pursuing a lawsuit in Honolulu over the amount of money she's demanding is most likely not worth the effort unless she is experiencing a high rate of success in her efforts. It would be helpful for our decision making to know if that's a fact. | |
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| Where is this lawyer located that is writing you the letter? Oh, I see, East Coast. I guess it's possible he could associate a lawyer in your state. But jeez.
Anyway: do a search of the lawyers name on the internet, also, try the writer's name followed by vs. You never know, but this has the odor of a hustle to me. | |
TheTinCook (talk|edits) said: | 21 May 2009 |
| "She's on the East Coast and pursuing a lawsuit in Honolulu over the amount of money she's demanding is most likely not worth the effort unless she is experiencing a high rate of success in her efforts."
Yeah, but think how cheap sending a letter is on the off chance somebody pays off to avoid the hassle.
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