It appears Blackline Lawyer Julie Stewart has won in cleaning out our ELI Scribd Account of every document we uploaded INCLUDING the emails that Oscar and I entirely wrote yourselves! She will be happy to know that we will not attempt to upload replacements since Scribd has already passed judgment. I am a big boy and I know when to concede defeat on a front.
I cannot remember all the files she had Scribd delete from our Scribd account but this is the current list of documents being suppressed by her:
* Oscar Michelen's email reply to Julie Stewart
* Matthew Chan's email reply to Julie Stewart
* Julie Stewart Resume
* Blackline Settlement Demand Letter (currently in counter-notification stages)
Unlike her, I can admit my losses and mistakes. She, on the other hand, is unapologetic and trying to cover her tracks and her embarrassing work. She may be able to suppress the information on the Scribd front but she will be hard-pressed to suppress the information that exists on the ELI website since the majority of the content is authored by us and the community base.
I have mixed feelings about what Scribd has done. I am annoyed but not angered by Scribd. Scribd provides a great service, it is THEIR website, so we need to play by THEIR rules. I can accept that. But clearly, it is not a good platform to post content relating to disputes unless it is actually a court document. So I recommend that the ELI community not try to post anything to Scribd. It isn't worth the hassle and appears to be outside the realm of their preferred content.
However, I am ticked that she deleted Oscar's and my email replies to her on the Scribd site. She can't touch us on the ELI site because this is "home base" and we are free to speak freely and state our opinions. We wrote and authored our respective letters and there can be no claims whatsoever of copyright infringement at all. My hosting provider appears to read the actual content being challenged. If she wants to shout defamation, libel, and slander, have at it. Oscar and I and the rest of you guys will be watching.
Going to start my rant now....
I normally try to not to engage in name-calling but I am going to make an exception for myself.... now. The following is MY OPINION which I am entitled to. She is a coward, inexperienced, and a cry-baby of a lawyer. She is a supposedly an expert on copyright infringement and online issues and yet how pathetic is it when she wants to delete her own resume from the Internet and a so-called law practice with no identifying photo of herself. Maybe she is too ugly or maybe she is too beautiful for the profession. Who knows? Oscar and I will never win awards for being Mr. G.Q. but for better and for worse, we stand up and stand by who we are.
What thing I don't like is being censored. It is a huge pet peeve of mine. I try to be rational and reasonable but there is a reason I became an independent publisher and broadcaster. I wanted a platform (however small it might be) where I have the freedom to communicate my thoughts, ideas, and opinions on different subjects. She has attempted to censor Oscar and I. And neither one of us like it very much if someone tries to shut us up. That only adds fuel to the fire.
Julie is acting like a child, hiding out because she was exposed for her tactics that she is so desperately trying to hide. How dare one of her opponents seek out help. She has also been so embarrassed that she has been put in her place. Getting spanked (it's a metaphor, dumbass, you know who I am talking to) publicly and with words is not fun especially for a newbie lawyer. As far as the Internet is concerned, she is a faceless entity hiding behind her email address and website with no online credibility. It is sad from a professional point of view.
Believe it or not, I actually felt a little sorry for her earlier today. That all changed when I discovered the ELI Scribd account cleaned out! I no longer feel sorry for her. That did tick me off. She deserves the negative attention she is getting and will continue to get for sending her "bully letters". Karma is a real bitch in this business. Ask Righthaven, Riddick, Imageline, and the RIAA. The newbie lawyers are upset about the term "extortion letters" because people might get them "confused" with real extortionists. So I have just coined a new alternative to "extortion letters". We can call them "bully letters". And we can have a website named BullyLetterInfo.com.
It is especially appropriate because when you punch a bully back, they start crying like a baby and running home to their mommy saying "he hit me" when the fact of the matter is they deserved that punch in the nose. How is your nose feeling, Ms. Stewart? Is it swollen yet?
She refuses to own up to the letters she wrote and take responsibility for the words she put down. So, she wants to play this game of "wack-a-mole". It is going to be tough game for her because the news and word is out on her regardless if anyone actually sees the document she continues to suppress. I can stop tomorrow and Julie will still have a crappy reputation. People aren't stupid and people can read between the lines. No one respects a lawyer that cannot stand up or speak for themselves.
She will be happy to know that I am not going to obsess over her and her little practice. From what I have seen, I am not impressed. And if a client like Hawaiian Network is stupid enough to hire her, they deserve what they get.
My rant is now over.... I feel better.
Matthew
P.S. I try to be classy but I guess I am really not. Sorry. That is why I hang out with Oscar. He has enough class for the both of us.
I cannot remember all the files she had Scribd delete from our Scribd account but this is the current list of documents being suppressed by her:
* Oscar Michelen's email reply to Julie Stewart
* Matthew Chan's email reply to Julie Stewart
* Julie Stewart Resume
* Blackline Settlement Demand Letter (currently in counter-notification stages)
Unlike her, I can admit my losses and mistakes. She, on the other hand, is unapologetic and trying to cover her tracks and her embarrassing work. She may be able to suppress the information on the Scribd front but she will be hard-pressed to suppress the information that exists on the ELI website since the majority of the content is authored by us and the community base.
I have mixed feelings about what Scribd has done. I am annoyed but not angered by Scribd. Scribd provides a great service, it is THEIR website, so we need to play by THEIR rules. I can accept that. But clearly, it is not a good platform to post content relating to disputes unless it is actually a court document. So I recommend that the ELI community not try to post anything to Scribd. It isn't worth the hassle and appears to be outside the realm of their preferred content.
However, I am ticked that she deleted Oscar's and my email replies to her on the Scribd site. She can't touch us on the ELI site because this is "home base" and we are free to speak freely and state our opinions. We wrote and authored our respective letters and there can be no claims whatsoever of copyright infringement at all. My hosting provider appears to read the actual content being challenged. If she wants to shout defamation, libel, and slander, have at it. Oscar and I and the rest of you guys will be watching.
Going to start my rant now....
I normally try to not to engage in name-calling but I am going to make an exception for myself.... now. The following is MY OPINION which I am entitled to. She is a coward, inexperienced, and a cry-baby of a lawyer. She is a supposedly an expert on copyright infringement and online issues and yet how pathetic is it when she wants to delete her own resume from the Internet and a so-called law practice with no identifying photo of herself. Maybe she is too ugly or maybe she is too beautiful for the profession. Who knows? Oscar and I will never win awards for being Mr. G.Q. but for better and for worse, we stand up and stand by who we are.
What thing I don't like is being censored. It is a huge pet peeve of mine. I try to be rational and reasonable but there is a reason I became an independent publisher and broadcaster. I wanted a platform (however small it might be) where I have the freedom to communicate my thoughts, ideas, and opinions on different subjects. She has attempted to censor Oscar and I. And neither one of us like it very much if someone tries to shut us up. That only adds fuel to the fire.
Julie is acting like a child, hiding out because she was exposed for her tactics that she is so desperately trying to hide. How dare one of her opponents seek out help. She has also been so embarrassed that she has been put in her place. Getting spanked (it's a metaphor, dumbass, you know who I am talking to) publicly and with words is not fun especially for a newbie lawyer. As far as the Internet is concerned, she is a faceless entity hiding behind her email address and website with no online credibility. It is sad from a professional point of view.
Believe it or not, I actually felt a little sorry for her earlier today. That all changed when I discovered the ELI Scribd account cleaned out! I no longer feel sorry for her. That did tick me off. She deserves the negative attention she is getting and will continue to get for sending her "bully letters". Karma is a real bitch in this business. Ask Righthaven, Riddick, Imageline, and the RIAA. The newbie lawyers are upset about the term "extortion letters" because people might get them "confused" with real extortionists. So I have just coined a new alternative to "extortion letters". We can call them "bully letters". And we can have a website named BullyLetterInfo.com.
It is especially appropriate because when you punch a bully back, they start crying like a baby and running home to their mommy saying "he hit me" when the fact of the matter is they deserved that punch in the nose. How is your nose feeling, Ms. Stewart? Is it swollen yet?
She refuses to own up to the letters she wrote and take responsibility for the words she put down. So, she wants to play this game of "wack-a-mole". It is going to be tough game for her because the news and word is out on her regardless if anyone actually sees the document she continues to suppress. I can stop tomorrow and Julie will still have a crappy reputation. People aren't stupid and people can read between the lines. No one respects a lawyer that cannot stand up or speak for themselves.
She will be happy to know that I am not going to obsess over her and her little practice. From what I have seen, I am not impressed. And if a client like Hawaiian Network is stupid enough to hire her, they deserve what they get.
My rant is now over.... I feel better.
Matthew
P.S. I try to be classy but I guess I am really not. Sorry. That is why I hang out with Oscar. He has enough class for the both of us.