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[cimorene]

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ETA 20 Sep: An AO3 user has helpfully posted a sample Cease & Desist Letter (for use by the WSFS).

But I am dyyyying. Because apparently the reason why the Mark Protection Committee for the WSFS hasn't been issuing C&Ds--the actual useful thing to do--is possibly because their budget is so tiny that they can't afford a lawyer. My understanding is they don't necessarily need a lawyer to issue C&Ds, but they would if anybody pushed back against them. And if they don't know how to phrase a C&D, well, there they go, all done for them by a 1/millionth winner of a Hugo Award.

When one of the MPC, the commmittee, mentioned being skint on that File 770 post linked above & said they were hoping to find a lawyer willing to work pro bono, somebody else replied something like: "Oh! If only there were a large fannish organisation that has a bunch of great lawyers who volunteer their time...."

And read the Ursula Vernon quote in the post underneath this quote. LOL.

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[ithiliana]

Thank you for posting--I'm girding my brains to go through that Sept 14 thread and pull out all of Vernon's comments (cause linking over there is miserably hard).

[magnetic_pole]

said they were hoping to find a lawyer willing to work pro bono, somebody else replied something like: "Oh! If only there were a large fannish organisation that has a bunch of great lawyers who volunteer their time...."

*hugs* this comment.

Thanks for keeping me updated! M.