Re: Helena Kobrin threatens *YET ANOTHER* lawsuit!

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In article <3ukok8$nl7@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>,
C. E. Petit <cepetit@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>[Jon wonders how a jury would react to Ms. Kobrin's nonsense.]

>

>I doubt that the jury would get a chance to react.  Copyright infringement is

>a federal question, and thus would get into federal court.  And if it gets

>into federal court, Ms. Kobrin would need to come up with some very fast

>tapdancing within 21 days or face sanctions under Rule 11 for filing a

>frivolous pleading.  Given her history of such bluster, I am not even

>sure that she understands Rule 11.  But a court would look at that history

>as very relevant in determining a sanction "sufficient to deter further

>such" pleadings, motions, actions, etc.  Dismissal with prejudice and

>costs sounds about right, since there is NO way that, on the basis of

>the six quoted lines, the plaintiff could argue that the quotation is

>either outside fair use or that there is a good-faith reason to change the

>law of fair use toward restriction.


that's why i jeered at this empty threat.  sad to say, though, 
even on the net there are people who will be fooled into taking
this seriously, and considering what happened to dennis erlich
and the incredible and outrageous harassment he's suffered, 
there will be people who will be intimidated by this cult.

hell, maybe if they were up and in my face i'd back down.

partly on general principles of self-preservation, and partly
because regardless of how bad it makes the cult look when they
_attempt_ to silence a critic, i'm certain that it would make
them look even worse if they _succeeded_ in silencing a critic.

i wouldn't have to lift a finger, just sit back and watch
the inevitable occur, and just come back under another name, 
like the blubbard-cultists do.

it'd also be really fun to watch these fools accuse everyone
new of being me, and would make them look like extravagant
imbeciles.

h
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