So life has been busy in the last few days, with CPAC and
Brett Kimberlin stalking me by proxy at CPAC (story to come later) and
otherwise covering the sights and sounds.
But in the midst of all of this, I learned that Bill Schmuckfeldt’s
er... Schmalfeldt’s DMCA takedown of several of my posts had expired. As you might remember, Brett Kimberlin’s
self-described “friend” and an employee of Breitbart Unmasked (which
was recently revealed to be owned by
Brett Kimberlin) managed to gulag my YouTube account and several posts at
this blog. I argued at the time that
Schmalfeldt was putting forth a false copyright claim and it turns out I was
right. Several of the YouTube claims
have expired and once all of them have the account should be unsuspended. And several of the posts here have, too.
Like what? Like
these:
1. The
“Journalist” Bill Schmalfeldt—demonstrating that Bill Schmalfeldt is not
even pretending very much to be a journalist.
2. Bill
Schmalfeldt and the California Penal Code—pointing out how his threats
against myself, Lee Stranahan, John Hoge and particularly Patrick Frey might
create certain kinds of legal trouble for him.
3. Video:
Bill Schmalfeldt Lies About His Relationship With Brett Kimberlin—written before
Kimberlin was caught describing Schmalfeldt as his friend and before
Schmalfeldt revealed his employer—Breitbart Unmasked—was Brett Kimberlin it
catches him making two statements that couldn’t possibly be true.
4. Video:
Bill Schmalfeldt and the Law of Copyright—where I school Schamfeldt on the
law of Copyright and point out he himself violates the copyrights of others. He said at the time I was wrong on the
law. But the fact this post is back
proves he was wrong.
5. BREAKING:
John Hoge Has Placed a Temporary Peace Order on Bill Schmalfeldt—self-explanatory,
and indeed since then Mr. Hoge lost the final peace order hearing when Bill
Schmalfeldt lied under oath.
6. Bill
Schmalfeldt Tries and Hilariously Fails to Explain Away His Threats—Bill Schmalfeldt
tries his best to backpedal and explain that his threats weren’t actually
threats. Because it was Shakespeare, or
something.
7. Bill
Schmalfeldt Puts My Account in the YouTube Gulag—announcing that my YouTube
Account had been gulaged and showing you all the videos he didn’t want you to
see.
Now in many of those cases, the video itself is from youtube
and still suspended. But you can see
virtually all of those videos, with this
post. So I suggest you open that
post in a separate tab and switch over at the appropriate time.
Each of these post we can now engaged in fair use, so much so that Bill
Schmalfeldt was not willing to sue to take it down. He probably didn’t want to waste the money
and risk sanctions for such a frivolous case.
So take a moment to look at the posts that Bill Schmalfeldt
doesn’t want you to see. He didn’t try
to hide what I said about him because it made him look so good, or because he
could successfully refute what I said about him. No, he did it because it made him look bad, because
it was irrefutable, and because he
hates Freedom of Expression. Just
like his self-described “friend” Brett Kimberlin.
And Monday, I think I will put up another video he won’t
like.
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My wife and I have lost our jobs
due to the harassment of convicted terrorist Brett Kimberlin, including an
attempt to get us killed and to frame me for a crime carrying a sentence of up
to ten years. I know that claim sounds
fantastic, but if you read starting here, you will see absolute proof of these
claims using documentary and video evidence.
If you would like to help in the fight to hold Mr. Kimberlin
accountable, please hit the Blogger’s Defense Team button on the right. And thank you.
Follow me at Twitter @aaronworthing,
mostly for snark and site updates. And
you can purchase my book (or borrow it for free if you have Amazon Prime), Archangel: A Novel of Alternate, Recent
History here.
And you can read a little more about my novel, here.
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Disclaimer:
I have accused some people,
particularly Brett Kimberlin, of
reprehensible conduct. In some cases, the conduct is even
criminal. In all cases, the only justice I want is through the
appropriate legal process—such as the criminal justice system. I do not want to see vigilante violence
against any person or any threat of such violence. This kind of conduct is not only morally
wrong, but it is counter-productive.
In the particular case of Brett
Kimberlin, I do not want you to even contact him. Do not call him. Do not write him a letter. Do not write him an email. Do not text-message him. Do not engage in any kind of directed
communication. I say this in part
because under Maryland law, that can quickly become harassment and I don’t want
that to happen to him.
And for that matter, don’t go on
his property. Don’t sneak around and try
to photograph him. Frankly try not to
even be within his field of vision. Your
behavior could quickly cross the line into harassment in that way too (not to
mention trespass and other concerns).
And do not contact his
organizations, either. And most of all, leave his family alone.
The only exception to all that is
that if you are reporting on this, there is of course nothing wrong with
contacting him for things like his official response to any stories you might
report. And even then if he tells you to
stop contacting him, obey that request.
That this is a key element in making out a harassment claim under
Maryland law—that a person asks you to stop and you refuse.
And let me say something
else. In my heart of hearts, I don’t
believe that any person supporting me has done any of the above. But if any of you have, stop it, and if you
haven’t don’t start.
Schmalfeldt's attempts at censorship can only work one time, for a short while. All that one needs to do is prepare for the next attempt is to save the source video at a remote location. Then, if Schmalfeldt tries to pull this crap a second time we can organize a "Everybody post a Schmalfeldt video" protest!
ReplyDeleteIANAL but I think there are some significant civil penalties for fraudulent DMCA notices. Just ask Diebold - @FlynnsTake
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