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We received the email at the bottom of this comment from a member account set up in the name of Sam Finely. He claimed to actually be Sam Baxter, an attorney representing Neautograph. They demanded that we take down this discussion and anything else on Autograph Magazine Live! mentioning their name or their URL.
I declined, but offered for them to join the conversation. They declined and reiterated their demands, threatening to sue us, take down our Web sites, etc.
I didn't think it wasn't from an attorney, or anyone with any legal knowledge. I looked up the law firm, found it existed, emailed them, and was directed to the REAL Sam Baxter. This is what I received back (Mr. Baxter gave me permission to use his name.)
From: Sam Baxter [mailto:sbaxter@McKoolSmith.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 8:57 AM
To: Steve Cyrkin
Subject: Re: NE Autographs C&D
I have never heard of them. It is a complete fraud.
Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 16, 2011, at 10:53 AM, "Steve Cyrkin" a href="mailto:steve.cyrkin@autographmagazine.com">steve.cyrkin@autographmagazine.com> wrote:
Dear Mr. Baxter:
We received the message at the bottom of this email from someone claiming to be you and representing NE Autographs. The email address they used, however, was sam.finely@yahoo.com. Could you please confirm that it came from you?
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This is the message the fake Sam Baxter sent me:
Sam Finely reported the following issue on Autograph Magazine Live!
URL Reported:http://live.autographmagazine.com/?xg_source=msg_report
Issue:Fraud
Additional Information:To Whom It May Concern;
This letter is to demand the removal of a forum on your website forum listed below;
Neautograph.com Forgeries!
Posted by Sandie Strickland on June 15, 2010 at 3:31am in Authentication and Forgery Alert
We are the representing the proprietors of all copyright in a literary/artistic/musical work entitled to the operators of Neautograph.com.We have reserved rights , to which was are expressed in material form. It has come to our attention that this forum entitled " Neautograph Forgies! " has a copyrighted name which was not given permission or neither asked, nor granted consent to reproduce there name and therefore constitutes infringement of their rights. In terms of the Copyright Statutes, we are entitled to an injunction against your continued infringement, as well as to recover damages from you for the loss we have suffered as a result of your infringing conduct.
We demand that you immediately remove all infringing content and notify us in writing that you have done so, If not we will pursue financial and litigations settlement to compensate our client for the damages caused as a result of these slanderous statement
McKool & Smith
Sam Baxter, Intellectual Property Litigator
Ph: 214.463.4840
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I'll tell the rest of the story later, but they tried to hijack our domain name and take down our Web sites! I kid you not. They tried to transfer our domain name to GoDaddy. I have never seen anything like it in my life. These are federal crimes they're committing...bizarre.
Has anyone else here been threatened by someone representing Neautograph?
If you have, please don't let them intimidate you. Contact me.
Here's a link on what to do if you buy forgeries:
http://live.autographmagazine.com/profiles/blogs/what-to-do-if-you-...
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