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| DATE | 2026-04-28 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] amicus pairing
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I thought you were going to write the brief and the organization would sign it
On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 03:00:30PM +0000, Ronald D. Coleman wrote: > Hi I'm not sure what you're asking me to do > > > Ronald D. Coleman > > COLEMAN LAW FIRM, PC > 50 Park Place, Suite 1105 > > Newark, NJ 07102 > 973-264-9611 > > Admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York > > ________________________________ > From: Ruben Safir > Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2026 7:36:55 AM > To: Ronald D. Coleman > Cc: rms-at-gnu.org ; hangout-at-nylxs.com > Subject: Re: amicus pairing > > still waiting > > > On 4/26/26 4:24 PM, Ronald D. Coleman wrote: > > Perfect. Have you looked at the document Marc sent? > > > > > > Ronald D. Coleman > > > > COLEMAN LAW FIRM, PC > > 50 Park Place, Suite 1105 > > > > Newark, NJ 07102 > > 973-264-9611 > > > > Admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York > > > > > > > > [cid:53ec334d-6aa4-4520-94a6-2d2cb89a3d4d] > > Book time to meet with me > > ________________________________ > > From: Ruben Safir > > Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2026 4:20 PM > > To: Ronald D. Coleman > > Cc: Ruben Safir ; rms-at-gnu.org.hangout ; hangout-at-nylxs.com > > Subject: Re: amicus pairing > > > > > > NY Fair Use was established in 2001, just prior to the 9-11 attacks, to > > promote education about fair use and how changes in copyright law, > > inlcude the DMCA, was having a negative impact the publics use of > > copyrighted works under fair use doctrine. It has testified in congress > > on these impacts, and under the DMCA regulations, and defended > > libraries, media and educators against unjust application of > > intellectual property law, and outlined the negative affectsit has on > > urban education and the broader public. It operates as a function of > > NYLXS, which is a Free Software organization based in NYC. > > > > or something like that... > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 26, 2026 at 08:05:43PM +0000, Ronald D. Coleman wrote: > >> OK - give me the information about your organization so I can fold that in > >> > >> Ronald D. Coleman > >> COLEMAN LAW FIRM, PC > >> > >> 50 Park Place, Suite 1105 > >> Newark, NJ 07102 > >> > >> 973-264-9611 > >> Admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York > >> > >> > >> Book time to meet with me > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Ruben Safir > >> Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2026 3:50 PM > >> To: Ronald D. Coleman ; rms-at-gnu.org.hangout > >> Cc: Marc Randazza ; Ruben Safir > >> Subject: Re: amicus pairing > >> > >> I'm not sure what he needs but whatever it is I'll sign up to it. > >> > >> I think the Amicus should outline that there is a pattern of abuse of copyright law in that it is attempted to be applied in a maximalist means which go far beyond the intended benefits for copyright under the constitition and which maliously intrudes on other guaranteed constitutional rights, including the 1st and 4th ammedments, and in this case, with the intention of obstructing justice and under those cicumastances it is in the courts and publics best interested that these bad actors need to be detered and the legal fees should be paid by the abuser. > >> > >> > >> ... or something like that if I understand things.. > >> > >> > >> Reuvain > >> > >> > >> On Sun, Apr 26, 2026 at 07:23:43PM +0000, Ronald D. Coleman wrote: > >>> I certainly can. Great to meet you, Ruben! > >>> > >>> Ronald D. Coleman > >>> COLEMAN LAW FIRM, PC > >>> 50 Park Place, Suite 1105 > >>> Newark, NJ 07102 > >>> 973-264-9611 > >>> Admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York > >>> > >>> [https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__res.public.onecd > >>> n.static.microsoft_assets_bookwithme_misc_CalendarPerson20px.png&d=DwI > >>> CAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=VVbV5ht1vRGQt5SRJ8 > >>> brlLM6OLtqVjPlCSmjsHlXyso&m=qo2UBiVAQ9mXl29xQ_ZCSKM_O8vOU6qeBeFk0fwG4B > >>> esGWMOyL9U28ZD_csloi7O&s=zd0enNqtKtQaxjDVKHEntFO80GZ6W5BI4sMTcub__Os&e > >>> =] > .com_bookwithme_user_49fd0d69be0241f18c60a2e87bc19fa4-40colemanlaw-2Dp > >>> c.com-3Fanonymous-26ep-3Dsignature&d=DwICAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrw > >>> qOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=VVbV5ht1vRGQt5SRJ8brlLM6OLtqVjPlCSmjsHlXyso&m=qo > >>> 2UBiVAQ9mXl29xQ_ZCSKM_O8vOU6qeBeFk0fwG4BesGWMOyL9U28ZD_csloi7O&s=UlfxA > >>> TRTxhWc5BZCjYrcSibU0WXXrpT6SF_QmUEuZLE&e=> > >>> Book time to meet with > >>> me > .com_bookwithme_user_49fd0d69be0241f18c60a2e87bc19fa4-40colemanlaw-2Dp > >>> c.com-3Fanonymous-26ep-3Dsignature&d=DwICAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrw > >>> qOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=VVbV5ht1vRGQt5SRJ8brlLM6OLtqVjPlCSmjsHlXyso&m=qo > >>> 2UBiVAQ9mXl29xQ_ZCSKM_O8vOU6qeBeFk0fwG4BesGWMOyL9U28ZD_csloi7O&s=UlfxA > >>> TRTxhWc5BZCjYrcSibU0WXXrpT6SF_QmUEuZLE&e=> > >>> > >>> From: Marc Randazza > >>> Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2026 3:15 PM > >>> To: Ruben Safir ; Ronald D. Coleman > >>> > >>> Subject: amicus pairing > >>> > >>> Ruben and Ronald -- putting you in contact. > >>> > >>> As I think I told both of you, this is a request for a fair use amicus. > >>> > >>> Ruben is the leader of the New York Fair Use society. > >>> > >>> Ron is a great lawyer. > >>> > >>> We had a very good lawyer, John DiGiacomo, write an amicus brief. But, he figured out that he had a conflict right before filing it. > >>> > >>> This is a very clear instance of fair use. . .. in fact, found on a > >>> motion to dismiss, which has only happened apparently 53 times in > >>> history (I've done two of them!) > >>> > >>> This is the underlying case. > >>> > >>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__randazza.com_laws > >>> uits_lyndon-2Dperry_&d=DwICAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnV > >>> fiiMM&r=VVbV5ht1vRGQt5SRJ8brlLM6OLtqVjPlCSmjsHlXyso&m=qo2UBiVAQ9mXl29x > >>> Q_ZCSKM_O8vOU6qeBeFk0fwG4BesGWMOyL9U28ZD_csloi7O&s=voOIaofo6cTrMzhLUQM > >>> GxQu-wHuKpt_vZuHh7xLw2aY&e= > =https-3A__randazza.com_lawsuits_lyndon-2Dperry_&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTD > >>> llvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=VVbV5ht1vRGQt5SRJ8brlLM6OLtqVjPlCS > >>> mjsHlXyso&m=6N5DGvBXd4hoVO592G5RjwL22l56GhKaf16f2ACNWs2uOiMVrHzFlJzJca > >>> L-8AKG&s=A2qrwZwrT7BDBJAZJtg3DHbiN-49u2PG-YXXxdXD8MY&e=> > >>> > >>> There is no "Deadline" but all the briefs are in. So, this ought to go in sooner than later. The gist of the use of an amicus is to point out that free speech is impoverished if the defense of fair use is not really a right to publish, but the right to hire a lawyer and pray. And the 2nd Circuit has not been very good about making clear pronouncements on fair use and fees (unlike the 7th) and thus decisions at the trial level are really important. > >>> > >>> I hope you guys can do this. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> [cid:image001.png-at-01DCD590.AA14F7A0] > >>> > >>> -- > >>> > >>> ______________________________________ > >>> > >>> Marc John Randazza, JD, MAMC, LLM* | Randazza Legal Group > >>> 8991 W. 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> >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.brooklyn-2Dliving.com&d=DwICAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=VVbV5ht1vRGQt5SRJ8brlLM6OLtqVjPlCSmjsHlXyso&m=qo2UBiVAQ9mXl29xQ_ZCSKM_O8vOU6qeBeFk0fwG4BesGWMOyL9U28ZD_csloi7O&s=O2PV9LtKsEH6YWIjBoQPLDBNoSvL1ntt-2m4SO75j10&e= > >> > >> Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and extermination camps, but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013 > > > > -- > > So many immigrant groups have swept through our town > > that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological > > proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mrbrklyn.com&d=DwIFAw&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=VVbV5ht1vRGQt5SRJ8brlLM6OLtqVjPlCSmjsHlXyso&m=8mG4U1PR9e-oFEA81zccQ-wbXlMj4sYjUAnMzZf7-hk2rnOPWCnbz_0l8a2BwSVv&s=ArAD59B29jQ-zcTU1_L9wdlT5_V3UnW_fwVru_ZKJl0&e= > > > > DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.nylxs.com&d=DwIFAw&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=VVbV5ht1vRGQt5SRJ8brlLM6OLtqVjPlCSmjsHlXyso&m=8mG4U1PR9e-oFEA81zccQ-wbXlMj4sYjUAnMzZf7-hk2rnOPWCnbz_0l8a2BwSVv&s=3zr1bZerZowv8uZAUBhP6j4JPAVnfx4wVJIe13PvNTY&e= - Leadership Development in Free Software > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www2.mrbrklyn.com_resources&d=DwIFAw&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=VVbV5ht1vRGQt5SRJ8brlLM6OLtqVjPlCSmjsHlXyso&m=8mG4U1PR9e-oFEA81zccQ-wbXlMj4sYjUAnMzZf7-hk2rnOPWCnbz_0l8a2BwSVv&s=MMv2DZgvusqUpr9Is9xVJ6lHLRuKAQMenkfgMkv90ug&e= - Unpublished Archive > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.coinhangout.com&d=DwIFAw&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=VVbV5ht1vRGQt5SRJ8brlLM6OLtqVjPlCSmjsHlXyso&m=8mG4U1PR9e-oFEA81zccQ-wbXlMj4sYjUAnMzZf7-hk2rnOPWCnbz_0l8a2BwSVv&s=zzwN2_TVWThlBmUlzDh-ok4N0UTMX6ue0Czqz3evDjY&e= - coins! > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.brooklyn-2Dliving.com&d=DwIFAw&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=VVbV5ht1vRGQt5SRJ8brlLM6OLtqVjPlCSmjsHlXyso&m=8mG4U1PR9e-oFEA81zccQ-wbXlMj4sYjUAnMzZf7-hk2rnOPWCnbz_0l8a2BwSVv&s=a33NI-CnMIoyu88Y8_ohyD97SttQq9zqfQIt_dLCPw4&e= > > > > Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and extermination camps, > > but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013 > > > > > > > -- > So many immigrant groups have swept through our town > that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological > proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mrbrklyn.com&d=DwIFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=VVbV5ht1vRGQt5SRJ8brlLM6OLtqVjPlCSmjsHlXyso&m=Nqzoev3HIX8Jl8lgJeEReLowgYXhOE261MWLMqDSo-SZY3VaEV1bb_ASahHDdoig&s=IHQ4gmgTgBJIRzVLbYvpg4SCRYuIp-A-XUnXNZKp0ac&e= > DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.nylxs.com&d=DwIFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=VVbV5ht1vRGQt5SRJ8brlLM6OLtqVjPlCSmjsHlXyso&m=Nqzoev3HIX8Jl8lgJeEReLowgYXhOE261MWLMqDSo-SZY3VaEV1bb_ASahHDdoig&s=sF5ZN3A2yzgw-xYg-eGr2IbSu5J0f0Ee52DJPGcHhnA&e= - Leadership Development in Free Software > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.brooklyn-2Dliving.com&d=DwIFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=VVbV5ht1vRGQt5SRJ8brlLM6OLtqVjPlCSmjsHlXyso&m=Nqzoev3HIX8Jl8lgJeEReLowgYXhOE261MWLMqDSo-SZY3VaEV1bb_ASahHDdoig&s=aN-3hwZMBBSRwLa0wddvidarmMRbXaFDCrjigSe9PJg&e= > > Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and extermination camps, > but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013
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Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and extermination camps, but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013
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