tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383512304639632735.post4374561320602909406..comments2024-01-23T07:34:52.253-08:00Comments on Copyrights & Campaigns: Court allows copyright suit vs. Scribd.com to proceedBen Sheffnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06477793715765992689noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383512304639632735.post-18883384281107282082011-01-08T18:15:34.499-08:002011-01-08T18:15:34.499-08:00My name is Dr. Nick Begich. Scribd.com published a...My name is Dr. Nick Begich. Scribd.com published and distributed over 27,000 copies of my book without permission. They did this since 2007. This represents over 25% of all the books I have sold since 1995 when first published. I also produced 4 copy DVDs that were taken by others and uploaded resulting in over 100,000 copies being delivered for free. The total cost to me from these thefts is greater than the income I have made from these creations.I have conducted hundreds of lectures, 3000 radio interviews dozens of documentaries only to find the theft of what I worked so hard to do. The result is I am not writing or producing any video material or books anymore. I have a family to support and this takes the food out of the mouths of my children. Thank you Scribd for stopping another independent researcher. I went into this work with the commitment to public interest research and believed as long as my books and DVDs provided my living I would continue to do this work. Now because of these unethical people I am shutting down most of my public work in researching these fields. For those who have supported my work....Thank you!Dr. Nick Begichhttp://www.earthpulse.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5383512304639632735.post-84949738761528193532010-07-05T16:29:44.884-07:002010-07-05T16:29:44.884-07:00Scribd's lawyers should consider "opening...Scribd's lawyers should consider "opening the kimono," that is, proactively giving the plaintiff as much informal discovery as he can handle, as a prelude to a summary-judgment motion. I did that once in a computer-software case; my client was a giant corporation sued by a former contractor. The plaintiff ended up convinced that "we didn't do it"; his lawyer's response to our motion for summary judgment said that they didn't oppose it.D. C. Toedthttp://www.ontechnologylaw.comnoreply@blogger.com