Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Fair And Final Waring To Corporate Intellectual Property Thieves

TO WHOM, ETC,

HEREWITH AND HEREBY I GIVE FAIR AND FINAL WARNING TO THE CORPORATE VULTURES OF THIS SOCIETY:

I BURN CDs OF MY OWN MUSIC: WRITTEN BY ME, COMPOSED BY ME, PERFORMED BY ME, RECORDED BY ME,  POST PROCESSED BY ME, BURNED TO CD BY ME! NO SAMPLING OF ANY COPYWRITTEN MATERIAL OTHER THAN  MINE OR OTHER UNLICENCED CO-CREATORS IS INVOLVED. YOU ARE IN VIOLATION OF MY INTELLECTUAL  PROPERTY RIGHTS BY CONSIDERING ME IN CONTRAVENTION OF ANY LAW, STATUTE OR COMMON DOCTRINE  BECAUSE I SELF-PUBLISH WITHOUT THE AID OF THE INDUSTRY. THIS IS NOT A CRIME! I CANNOT BE  FORCED TO LICENCE MY OWN MATERIAL FOR MY OWN USE AND DISTRIBUTION. MONITORING ME BECAUSE I  DO NOT HAVE LICENCES FROM BIG MEDIA FIRMS AND MEDIA INTRUSION IN SEARCH OF UNLICENCED  MATERIAL HAS ALREADY RESULTED IN THEFT OF MY PROPERTY. MY RECORDING EQUIPMENT AND FILES HAVE  BEEN UNLAWFULLY ACCESSED AND DAMAGED. AS A CLASS OF SELF-PUBLISHING ARTISTS I AVOW INTENT TO
PURSUE LEGAL REDRESS FOR ALL DAMAGES.

BOTH ITUNES AND WINDOWS MEDIA ILLEGALLY SEIZE AND REPRODUCE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AS A  FUNCTION OF THEIR DESIGN. THIS IS ILLEGAL TO AN ENTIRE CLASS OF ARTISTS AND SHALL BE PROVEN  SO. THE WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER HELP FILES STATE:

"If you copy protect the tracks that you rip from a CD, the ripped files are protected, which means that media usage rights are required to play, burn, or sync the file. If you copy the files to another computer and try to use them, you might be prompted to download media usage rights for that computer. There are a limited number of times that you can download media usage rights for your ripped files."

WHY SHOULD ANY ARTIST WHO CREATES AND SELF-PUBLISHES THEIR OWN MUSIC BE LIMITED BY A MEDIA COMPANY/SOFTWARE PROVIDER
IN BEING ABLE TO USE THEIR OWN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY WHENEVER AND WHEREVER THEY SO CHOOSE?  THIS IS COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT OF THE MOST EGREGIOUS AND DAMAGING KIND!

MY LAWYERS IN ANY LEGAL CLASS ACTION WOULD BE:

WILLIAM PANZER, OAKLAND, CA
MICHAEL BELO, DENVER, CO

BOTH OF WHOM ARE PERSONAL FRIENDS AND HAVE WITNESSED THE CREATION OF THIS MUSIC BY ME, AND  MY FRIENDS OVER THE LAST 35 YEARS. MY RECORDINGS DATE TO THE '70s AND ARE MY AND MY FELLOW  CREATOR'S COPYRIGHTED PROPERTY. ATTEMPTS BY WINDOWS MEDIA, ITUNES, MICROSOFT AND APPLE TO  ACCESS AND AQUIRE MY MUSIC HAVE RESULTED IN LOSSES TO MY BODY OF WORK.  MICROSOFT AND APPLE  WILL PAY JUST COMPENSATION OR WILL RESPOND TO A CLASS ACTION SUIT IN COURT AND IN THE COURT  OF PUBLIC OPINION FOR THE NEXT DECADE.  I HAVE 30 YEARS OF RECORDS OF HARD DRIVE INTRUSIONS,  AS HARD COPY. I HAVE NOTHING BUT TIME AND RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION.  MY STORY WILL BE TOLD.   ALL THE SELF-PUBLISHED ARTISTS OF THE WORLD DESERVE NO LESS.

ARTISTS/ENGINEERS/GRIPS/GAFFERS & ROADIES INVOLVED/DAMAGED BY THESE ACTIONS:

JOHN WILLIAM THRASHER
WILLIAM PANZER
GARY PICOW
RICH FORD
DIANN THRASHER
TOM BRADLEY
DOUG JONES
ALLAN WEST (DECEASED)
RUSSEL HANEY (DECEASED)
JOHN GOLDER
RICH CONKLIN

VARIOUSLY AND COLLECTIVELY AKA:

"HIGH RIDE"
"MUSICIANS WHO STINK"/"MWS"
"JYWYLYD"
"PUKE UNIVERSE"
"DUFI"
"SNOT VAMPIRES"
"ALLOY"
"JONDALF THRASHER
"THE CHUMPMONKS"

CEASE AND DESIST FROM INTRUSION/MONITORING OF MY HARD DRIVES AS OF THIS DATE.

RELEASE ALL DATA, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SEIZED AND RECORDS OF ALL ACTIONS AGAINST THE ABOVE  LISTED PRINCIPLES OR THE 'CLASS' THEY REPRESENT HELD BY APPLE &/OR
MICROSOFT CORPORATIONS, ITUNES, WINDOWS MEDIA, AGENTS, LICENCEES, PROXYS OR SOFTWARE  PROGRAMS USED TO COLLECT INFORMATION ON SAID 'CLASS' TO THE LAWYERS LISTED ABOVE AT ONCE OR  FURTHER LEGAL ACTION WILL ENSUE.

(NOTE: ANY OTHER MUSIC I HAVE PERSONALLY BURNED TO CD ON MY EQUIPMENT HAVE BEEN EITHER LEGAL  R.O.I.O. ACQUIRED LEGALLY OR MUSIC WHICH I CAN PROVE I HAVE LAWFULLY PURCHASED AND OWNED  SINCE ITS PUBLICATION. ALL COPIES AND RECORDS OF MY REPRODUCTIVE MUSICAL ACTIVITIES ARE IN  MY POSSESSION:

I STILL HAVE EVERY HARD DRIVE AND COMPUTER I HAVE EVER OWNED SINCE MY COMMODORE +4. NO
HARD DRIVES HAVE BEEN OVERWRITTEN OR ERASED EXCEPT FOR MY CURRENT DAMAGED NOTEBOOK PC.
EVERY CASETTE TAPE AND/OR CD I HAVE EVER BURNED IS EITHER IN MY OR MY LAWYER'S OR
FELLOW ARTIST'S POSSESSION. THAT'S 35 YEARS OF EVIDENCE INDEPENDENT CREATION AND USE.

THE ONLY OTHER MUSIC REPRODUCED WITHOUT PURCHASE BY ME HAVE BEEN LEGAL R.O.I.O. FILES

(NOTE: AT TIMES I HAVE REPRODUCED MUSIC I HAD ALREADY PURCHASED WHEN ITS CONDITION WAS  DEGRADING BEYOND REPAIR. THE LEGAL RIGHT TO REPLENISH THIS PURCHASED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY  FROM INDUSTRY DESIGNED AND PLANNED OBSOLESCENT MEDIA HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN THE "FAIR USE"  DICTUM AND ALSO RESIDES IN THE COMMON PROPERTY PROVISIONS AND PRACTICES OF ESTABLISHED  COPYRIGHT LAW. ALL THESE RECORDINGS WERE FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY AND I HAVE NEVER PROFITED  FROM ANY OF SAID MUSIC, EVER.)

"I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE." - PADDY CHAYEVSKI, "NETWORK"

JOHN WILLIAM THRASHER, SACRAMENTO, CA., 11/20/2010