Re: Re: Stolen Website!!

Subject: Re: Re: Re: Stolen Website!!

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: Thank you for your advice. I'm trying really : hard to strip out the emotions, but it's not easy. : I definitely don't want anymore trouble. I may just take the moral high ground. Although revenge is very tempting... : Thanks again!!!! : : : From what you say there is good reason to be enraged. The law unfortunately is not "fair", it is just there. : : Even if there has been a violation of criminal law you could be on the wrong end of a libel suit and even lose. : : From what you say it looks as if it is likely to be expensive for you. It is remote that you will be able to find a lawyer that will handle this on a contingency. : : Superficially on the basis of what you say your rights may be strong. If you win, you might even be able to get a judgment for your attorney fees. : : You may have the right to make a criminal complaint. If you do it on an affidavit and he gets acquitted. You are on the wrong end of a suit for libel. If a grand jury indicts you are home free win or lose. : : It is a crime to use the threat of criminal action to recover even what has been stolen on threat of a criminal proscution or threat of arreat. : : Once a criminal action has been started they will not help you to get your property back and may even take a complaint if a Civil action is pending. : : This is not legal advice without reserach and a fee. Just today a read a case the reversed my long standing belief about the right to sue in copyright. (this has nothing to do with what I have said here about you but to exemplifiy the uncertainty of the law. : : M. Arthur Auslander : : Auslander & Thomas-Intellectual Property Law Since 1909 : : 505 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018 : : 212-594-6900, fax 212-244-0028, aus@auslander.com : : ELAINE's Workshop (sm) : : E arly L egal A dvice I s N ot E xpensive : : : : M. Arthur Auslander : : Auslander & Thomas-Intellectual Property Law Since 1909 : : 505 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018 : : 212-594-6900, fax 212-244-0028, aus@auslander.com : : ELAINE's Workshop (sm) : : E arly L egal A dvice I s N ot E xpensive

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