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Bang! That sound was a gavel, not a gun, but it's every blogger's funeral! Pt III

13th Nov 2006, 21:13 GMT

I was never bullied in grade school ... but I saw a story over the weekend on television about how many kids that are bullied in school are reluctant to tell their parents ... mostly out of embarassment. The "incidents with a bully" aren't usually addressed or discovered until there are serious altercations or someone gets hurt very badly. Well ... now comes the time that I have to suck up my embarassment over an issue of a bully in my life and tell my father before someone (me) gets hurt. It's a matter of pride really. I have tried to handle the stress of this attack on my personal and professional life for over a year now, but now the bully has gone from threats and absurd unwarranted attacks on me to swinging punches. Two weeks ago, the opposing attorney for Bidzirk attached my condo with a "Lis Pendens" - this is essentially a lien that the opposing attorney puts against a defendant's residence in anticipation of winning a judgement. The opposing attorney has no precedent or merit for this continued harassment. They lost the injunction hearing in April of 2006. I can't wax poetic about all of this and I don't have enough clout or "liberal leaning association" to get enough attention for this on the internet. All I can say is that my case, my insignificant little case, will decide all of the following: - Whether bloggers are journalists - Whether bloggers have the right to post copyrighted/service marked images - Whether consumer awareness is libel - Whether bloggers can use personal stories with details and make ANY money from their blogs - Whether actual journalists can be sued by targets of stories, investigations, or comparisons - Whether linking to a picture is the same as posting and hosting it on your own site and thereby making you responsible for the content of that picture So my critics, my fellow bloggers (John Gruber I'm talking to you) ... I ask for your help and I have asked ... but now it really comes down to sucking up my pride and sulking and getting my dad involved. I didn't want him involved ... but this has gone so far as to make my daily routine almost unmanageable. I wanted help from a few "well recognized" bloggers in the Mac Community to assist with an interview or something so I could get this issue out in the open, but I honestly have had so much depression and angst over the issue I have found it hard to write. I have also felt I could be welcoming an avalanche of litigation against me if I continued with my normal fair here on this website. I have started a legal fund, I'm sorry that i don't have the energy to wax poetic and make up some sob story that would convince you to donate. If there is ANY blogger out there that would like to do an interview with me so I can post it here and maybe make for a better case, I would be happy to oblige.

View full story at jackwhispers.blogspot.com

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