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Stephen Jones Demands I pull the Jordan Edmund Story
Passionate America ^
Posted on 10/06/2006 12:38:40 PM PDT by navysealdad
Stephen Jones Demands I pull the Jordan Edmund Story
I got this email yesterday:
Dear William Kerr and Passionate America:
Please be advised that I represent Jordan Edmund. It is our understanding that you and Passionate American are identifying Mr. Edmund with certain Instant Messages ("IMs"). You have indicated that ABC News mistakenly published these alleged Ims and that you should not have been able to obtain this information. Whether this is true or not is beside the point. Without any foundation or legal permission, you are stating that our client is the person associated with the Ims.
Neither ABC News nor Brian Ross have been error free in their reporting in the past. You should not assume that they are correct now. Like all individuals and institutions, they occasionally make mistakes. Therefore, I respectfully demand that you cease any further efforts to identify our client with these alleged Ims and cease publishing such information on Passionate America.
Neither you nor Passionate American is authorized to use any photograph of him, his name or his personal information. You should consult with an attorney who is experienced in civil and criminal liability regarding the internet. If you are correct that ABC News should not have released the alleged AOL screen name and that ABC News has risked civil and criminal liability because of the unauthorized release, then your republication of the unauthorized release likewise exposes you to possible liability.
Sincerely,
Stephen Jones JONES, OTJEN, DAVIS, NIXON & JUHL 114 E. Broadway, Suite 1100 P.O. Box 472 Enid, Oklahoma 73702 (580) 242-5500 (580) 242-4556 (fax) sjones@stephenjoneslaw.com
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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: foley; markfoley
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To: navysealdad
So, is their act of publishing this very letter a violation of their demands? haha
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posted on
10/06/2006 12:41:31 PM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
(We gotta watch out for the Hellbazoo and the Hamas...)
To: PhiKapMom; Howlin; Miss Marple; Mo1; Dane
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posted on
10/06/2006 12:43:02 PM PDT
by
A Citizen Reporter
("And you got that little smirk on your face, and you think you're so clever!")
To: A Citizen Reporter
Neither you nor Passionate American is authorized to use any photograph of him, his name or his personal information Maybe your client shouldn't have put it on the internet
WOW .. threatening with a lawsuit now, huh?
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posted on
10/06/2006 12:45:36 PM PDT
by
Mo1
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To: A Citizen Reporter; Ernest_at_the_Beach; kcvl
He's dreaming if he thinks he can enforce that; it's all over this site.
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posted on
10/06/2006 12:45:47 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(Why Won't Nancy Pelosi Let Louis Freeh Investigate the Page Scandal?)
To: navysealdad
NSD...
Ask this shyster is he understands the legal premises of reporting on a "public figure"...
AND... "fair use" of copyrighted material....
I doubt it...
Fear not...
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posted on
10/06/2006 12:49:46 PM PDT
by
Wings-n-Wind
(All of the answers remain available; Wisdom is gained by asking the right questions!)
To: navysealdad
When an attorney wants this stuff to go down the memory hole, he's scared.
To: navysealdad
To: Howlin
I wonder how many other internet sites have rec'd this letter??
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posted on
10/06/2006 12:54:51 PM PDT
by
Mo1
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To: navysealdad
Does he also plan on confiscating all the Hard Drives it's been D/L too or just threaten us with law suits as well?
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posted on
10/06/2006 12:56:59 PM PDT
by
AmeriBrit
(By a miracle we lived through 'Eight Clinton Years of Living Hell'....NO MORE CLINTON'S...EVER!)
To: Howlin; Grampa Dave; Sam Hill; Mo1; Miss Marple; nopardons; AmeriBrit; Txsleuth; NormsRevenge; ...
Memory hole ping,....everyone stash stuff on your hard drives....Frey's been running warehouse Sales,,, Maxtor 300GB L01R300 16MB Buffer Ultra ATA/133 - Retail Hard Drive Kit.....

To: Howlin
Written like a nervous nelly......
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posted on
10/06/2006 1:06:26 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(I'm not insensitive, I just don't care.)
To: navysealdad
"Whether this is true or not is beside the point. Without any foundation or legal permission, you are stating that our client is the person associated with the Ims. I think you just confirmed it's him Mr. Jones.
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posted on
10/06/2006 1:06:36 PM PDT
by
MikeA
(Foley has resigned. Bin Laden has not. That is what 's at stake in this election, not some pervert.)
To: All
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
And also buy 'Depends' stock.
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posted on
10/06/2006 1:09:57 PM PDT
by
AmeriBrit
(By a miracle we lived through 'Eight Clinton Years of Living Hell'....NO MORE CLINTON'S...EVER!)
To: navysealdad
My pompous retort:
Mr. Jones, The cat is out of the bag. It was let out of the bag by ABC news, but it was coming out of the bag sooner or later. It may well have been put into the bag by your client. Its not going to be put back into the bag by letters like yours.
Your client is a public figure. He worked in a political setting and seems to have enjoyed it. That his name and face now appear in a public place is just one more consequence of such work. And even if Passionate America were to pull down every reference to your client, as was said of Lincoln in a nobler connection, Now he belongs to the ages. He will not now be able to withdraw from the fray or from the consequences of his actions. The milk is spilled, the horse is out of the barn, the die is cast. Theres no going back.
No, its probably not fair. But unless you want to contribute to the already vast literature of lawyer jokes, Im not sure dire warnings to someone who makes a plausible argument that your client provided the mud for others to sling and is now distressed that his hands are not pristine is the way you want to go.
The best thing, for your client and for the nation is to have persuade your client to make an honest and complete statement of what happened.
Very truly yours,

Ask me about my Bumper Sticker ....
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posted on
10/06/2006 1:16:15 PM PDT
by
Mad Dawg
(Now we are all Massoud)
To: Howlin
"respectfully demand"
He should first tell his idiot client that he shouldn't be putting things on the Internet that he doesn't want known (including his photo).
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posted on
10/06/2006 1:16:37 PM PDT
by
kcvl
To: Mo1
Well....things are getting a little testy, eh??
I can't imagine that the blogger is in any real trouble.
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posted on
10/06/2006 1:16:45 PM PDT
by
Txsleuth
(FREEPATHON TIME----You need FR, you know you do, so how about donating??)
To: navysealdad
Truth is an absolute defense, and Jordan Edmunds is a public figure as a result of his own actions. Tell the lawyer he should make an autocopulation attempt.
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posted on
10/06/2006 1:20:32 PM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(Islam delenda est)
To: Howlin
He's just being a blowhard and trying to intimidate.
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