MESSAGE
| DATE | 2003-02-26 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Re: Statement about the NYLXS & New Yorkers For Fair Use situation
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Please don't send me messages from Brett. It's so upsetting it upsets
my whole day.
> >
> >Many of you have not heard from me for some time. I hope this message
> >finds you well. Much of what I am about say has probably become obvious to
> >many of you,
Standard rehorical method of deception... this i actually taught in the military
BTW. 'Of course we all now agree'
>> but I feel that for the good of NYLXS, New Yorkers For Fair
> >Use, the Free Software movement and the Information Freedom Movement some
> >things need to be said here and now.
Fine
> >
> >Several months ago in September 2002 in what took me as an overnight
> >surprise Ruben Safir began to make false statements about me and also about
> >New Yorkers For Fair Use.
Vauge statement without evidence after we've examined it closely.
> >He sometimes even implied bad things about both
> >myself and NYFU
More vaugness and ignors his real conduct while focusing on others.
Standard bullying posture. The victem deserved to be hit I tell you.
He He He ... looked at me wrong.
> >to plant seeds for the weeds of strife that have been
> >growing these past several months. I have said from the start that the so
> >called problems that he has referred to were just a smoke screen for what
> >ever private quarrel he has decided he has for me. i
Feeding forward with more manipulative assertions without evidence.
Ending in a conclussion without supporting argumentive construction.
Ending with a pointing of a finger at someone else for an action perpetrated
by the abusers.
> >I have spoken to
> >several people from NYLXS that wanted to speak to me about the "problem I
> >had with NYLXS". In fact they all said they had no interest in any issues
> >that had to do with things between me, and Ruben, or Ruben and New Yorkers
> >For Fair Use.
Now this is just flat out wrong and has been the continual arguement by Wynkoop.
He has continually denied the exitence of the NYLXS Board and Charter, or it's
membership. This is very bad.
> >
> >It has become clear that none of what Ruben has been doing for the last
> >several months has been about me. It has been about New Yorkers For Fair
> >Use and his desire to be single controlling person in that group. NYFU
> >does not function that way and it never has.
Their is no evidence of Brett's involvement or ability to make any such
statement, and the evidence overwhelming doesn't support this in any way.
NY Fair Use is my invention, and was run by me with as much of others input
or lack of it as I deemed was good. Actions was directly my decision making process.
> > The closest Ruben ever got to
> >being "President for Life" was rotating chair for some of the meetings.
The chair was never rotating. It was Joe Ercole. He would have known that if
he'd been in any way involved at that time.
> >
> >For anybody to believe the things Ruben has been saying about me, or New
> >Yorkers For Fair Use, or nylxs.org over the last several months they would
> >have to assume that there was never a very close friendship and even
> >working partnership on various projects going back many years.
I don't know why you would say that. You certainly weren't like my friend
Harry Torrez, of over 30 years of friendship, or like my Rav, who I speak to
daily, or like other people in my community. I mean, clearly I tried to
develope a friendship with Brett, but he refused to share, he would hold back information
and complain that I shouldn't be earning money at things because because I'm asking him a
question. He measured every act of 'kindness' in all the years I knew him, in a begrudging
fashion, and then when I brought him in on projects, he would attempt to talk badly about
me to the client, and tried to steal clients. I put up with lot a shit from Brett
for a long time because of the positive side of his ledger and his potential as a good
allay and friend. In the end, he just screwed everyone, and I really regret putting him
in a position of trust.
> >In fact
> >with some of his attacks against other members of New Yorkers For Fair Use
> >one would have to assume that he had no relations or close friendships with
> >any NYFU members either. It is either that, or everything Ruben says must
> >be taken on blind faith.
Whatever. I run NY Fair Use (and NYLXS for another month), my friendship or lack of
with people at NY Fair Use is not a question. There is, although you would think
not as public as I am, limit on what is private to me, and a public life.
It's not right to ask me to evaluate all my friendships and all relationships, and to
ask people to make a persoanl evaluation of my life for the settlmenet of this matter.
There is enough of a written record of events to make clear the truth of the case,
as well as the press legal rights for myself personally and for NYLXS, and NY Fair Use
as my organization, which need not have examination if Ruben treates his friends well
or not.
NYLXS will continue with the NY Fair Use brand, but is willing to bargain, until Friday.
A rules committee of Marco, Vinnie and Micheal has been started. A formal offer will be
given Brett and Jay to come to the board this Monday to meet with a rules committee
as a location of their choosing. They either come for the meet with the committee to discuss
the cybersquating on our domain, or they don't.
If they don't, we move it to the beuarcaracies and the courts to enforce our tradmarks
and brands. In fact, I think I found a doner willing to give NYLXS an capital it would
require to defend the NYLXS trademark.
> >
> >The reason for all this doesn't have to do with me supposedly being an
> >irresponsible NYLXS instructor or a thief of class funds or a
> >"cybersquatter" or a copyright or trademark infringer. He has been trying
> >to make me out as an evil person just because he wanted to be the sole
> >person in charge of New Yorkers for Fair Use. That's the whole story.
> >
> >After July 17th, Ruben called his own action, a rewrite of the DOC
> >transcript, without discussion, without anyone else supporting it, and
> >refused to discuss anything with anybody else. Then he put himself on the
> >line by pushing for his idea of the one true correct action.
Right, As I didn't ALL the other times.
> >
> >All of the "issues" have been because New Yorkers For Fair Use went ahead
> >without him last September.
That is not at all founded in truth. I aked you to take over the day to day operations
and instead you took the orgazition. In a word. I trusted you, and you screwed me.
It's not the first time, nor was it the last time.
The last time I trusted you and you failed me was with the Unix 2 class. But you
didn't just expose me that time, but screwed the entire organization, with a charter
and a responsible government.
> >That's all. New Yorkers For Fair Use are among
> >Ruben's most ardent supporters.
The abuser always loves it's prey.
> >We don't want him to keep attacking us.
> >All of this trouble is not for any of the reasons he's given you for the
> >past several months. It's simply unreasonableness.
> >
> >There has never been an opportunity to resolve things, in a reasonable way,
> >without me having to live with ridiculous accusations, every single one of
> >which has been completely false.
Right. There is always something. Someone contct him and have him meet with the
rules committee this week. Please don't let it go past this week.
> >The only reason for the accusations has
> >been Ruben's attempting to bring everyone in NYLXS up in arms against me,
> >for reasons they were not privy to. There is no trademark issue, and there
> >never was. If that were the case, this whole thing would have been
> >resolved long ago. It would not have even become an issue in anyone's
> >mind.
> >
Hmmm - I let this stand without comment.
> >Now Ruben keeps calling for more escalating actions. I don't see anything
> >else to say except you either follow along with him without thinking about
> >what's really going on, or someone needs to get him to stop creating crises
> >just to keep the spotlight on his leadership and to rule over his friends.
> >
Sounds like Stalin to me. If we jut remain quite and good, the rewards will
be dished out by Commrade Wynkoop equitably and for the good of the party.
> >DRM is theft! We are the stakeholders! http://www.nyfairuse.org/
>
Ummm
DRM is theft! and We are the Stakeholders! was created my me. I'm revoking the
right of any organization affiliated with Wynkoop to use those phrases without
my permision unless they pay NYLXS for the priveledge.
The use of the expression in the context above is a commercial usage designed
to promote a cybersquating website.
This will be included in damages.
BTW - NY Fair Use is at http://fairuse.nylxs.com
Brett, you should punt, because not only is an antagonistic stand against the
NYLXS board and Government counter productive, but your exposing yourself further
and reducing your ability to do advocacy in the community in the future.
And then you are going to loose both the NY Fair Use Brand, and the NYLXS.org
domain. And then your going to wind up being personally responsible for the
court fees and costs.
We've offered you a MORE than fair deal, in addition to already creating an
outline for a legal settlment. You should meet with the rules committee and
agree to binding arbitration on this matter.
Ruben Safir
President, NY Fair Use, NYLXS
Sole founder of NY Fair Use, and NYLXS, and the FSI, FSCC, NY Free Software
Schools initiative, and more, in collaberation with others.
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