The Audacity Of Blogging
Check out this bizarre email I received this weekend from some guy claiming to be THE Richmond Democrat:
I take this automated e-mail response to my registration at the fake "The Richmond Democrat" website (see below) as confirmation that you have infringed upon my copyrighted blog name "The Richmond Democrat" and you are passing yourself off as me online, falsely representing me as a supporter of Hillary Clinton.
I strongly urge you to reconsider your course of action before I am forced to take legal action under both civil and criminal laws…
I will give you a reasonable amount of time (24 hours) to take your fake "The Richmond Democrat" site down, but if it is not taken down, I will file complaints with the Virginia State Police and the FBI, as well as instituting civil legal action against you to stop you from violating my copyright, your theft of the "RD" trademark, and the representation of me in a false light as a supporter of Hillary Clinton (hint, this is the part that violates a federal criminal statute).
Apparently this guy doesn’t live in Richmond , he doesn’t live in Virginia and he takes exceptional issue that I have the audacity as a Democrat to back Hillary Clinton for President. As someone that does live in Richmond, does support ALL Democrats and someone that does have the audacity to stand up to the threats of overzealous supporters of another political candidate, I will continue my blog.
Further I have to wonder if this guy is subscribing to the Church of Scientology playbook for quashing freedom of speech, it wouldn’t surprise me with the cult like behavior over at his blog .
