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This is a letter I've entered into the record regarding WJJ Hoge's "in toto" copyright application of all blog posts from March-May 2014. 70 of those posts contain NASA material and text. It is illegal for Hoge to claim copyright for those under 17 USC 506(c)(e). But Hoge does not exclude them from his blanket Copyright request. Uh oh!
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U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND (Northern Division)
WILLIAM JOHN JOSEPH HOGE ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) Case Number 1:14-‐cv-‐01683-‐ELH v. ) ) WILLIAM M. SCHMALFELDT ) ) Defendant. ) ________________________________________________)
CORRESPONDENCE FROM DEFENDANT TO JUDGE ELLEN L. HOLLANDER
Potential Violations of 17 USC 506(c)(e) by Plaintiff
A matter has come to the Defendant’s attention that he feels should be made
known to the Court as it proceeds with this case.
In reviewing Plaintiff’s claim that he has applied to the U.S. Copyright Office
for copyright protection of his “Hogewash” blog in toto for the months of March,
April and May 2014, the Defendant has become aware of a potential criminal
violation of 17 USC 506(c)(e) by the Plaintiff.
Seventy of the blog posts Plaintiff seeks to copyright are, in fact, already
copyrighted by the United States Government. Plaintiff makes no exception in his
Copyright Application for these 70 posts incorporating images, videos and text from
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) where he works as a
part-‐time contractor employee at the Goddard Jet Propulsion Lab in Greenbelt,
Maryland, for the contractor MEI Technologies.
On the NASA website, on their Media Information page, they clearly state:
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“It is unlawful to falsely claim copyright or any other rights in NASA
material.”
The applicable law is 17 USC 506(c)(e) which reads:
(c) Fraudulent Copyright Notice.— Any person who, with fraudulent intent, places on any article a notice of copyright or words of the same purport that such person knows to be false, or who, with fraudulent intent, publicly distributes or imports for public distribution any article bearing such notice or words that such person knows to be false, shall be fined not more than $2,500. (e) False Representation.— Any person who knowingly makes a false representation of a material fact in the application for copyright registration provided for by section 409, or in any written statement filed in connection with the application, shall be fined not more than $2,500. The portion of US Copyright Law covering the copyright of government-‐
produced material is 17 USC 403 which reads:
Sections 401 (d) and 402 (d) shall not apply to a work published in copies or phonorecords consisting predominantly of one or more works of the United States Government unless the notice of copyright appearing on the published copies or phonorecords to which a defendant in the copyright infringement suit had access includes a statement identifying, either affirmatively or negatively, those portions of the copies or phonorecords embodying any work or works protected under this title. Plaintiff clearly is in violation of 17 USC 506 (c)(e) when he claims copyright
in toto of all blog posts beginning March 1, 2014, through May 31, 2014.
Defendant has notified the Federal Bureau of Investigations through their
http://tips.fbi.gov website of the Plaintiff’s alleged violation of the law, and brings
these concerns to the attention of the court.
Rather than kill off another rain forest by printing out all 70 potential
violations of USC 506 (c)(e), Defendant will include a list of the website URLs where
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each alleged infraction can be seen. If need be, Defendant can produce hard copies if
so desired by the Court. The Court will notice that each blog post includes the
copyright mark, “© W.J.J. Hoge” with no reference, other than an image credit, of the
Government’s copyright in the material.
Defendant submits this information with the hopes that the Court will give
due consideration to this potential violation of the law along with other weaknesses
in the Plaintiff’s case against this Defendant when the Court considers Defendant’s
Motion to Dismiss and to Proceed with the Counterclaim.
DATED: JULY 8, 2014 Respectfully submitted,
William M. Schmalfeldt, PRO SE 6636 Washington Blvd. Lot 71 Elkridge, MD 21075 410-‐206-‐9637 [email protected]
Verification
I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and all copies are true and correct representations of the original documents. William M. Schmalfeldt
Certificate of Service
I certify that on the 8th day of July, 2014, I served a copy of the foregoing Reply to Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Memorandum in Support of Defendants Motion to Dismiss by First Class Mail to W.J.J.Hoge, 20 Ridge Road, Westminster, MD 21157 by First Class Main, Certified, Return Receipt Requested. William M. Schmalfeldt
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A LIST OF THE 70 WEBSITE URLs CONTAINING NASA COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL THAT W.J.J. HOGE CLAIMS COPYRIGHT OWNERSHIP TO, IN VIOLATION OF 17 USC 501(c)(e) 1. http://hogewash.com/2014/05/31/orion-‐in-‐3d/ 2. http://hogewash.com/2014/05/30/serpens-‐cloud-‐core/ 3. http://hogewash.com/2014/05/29/astro-‐proam/ 4. http://hogewash.com/2014/05/28/galactic-‐magnetism/ 5. http://hogewash.com/2014/05/26/in-‐the-‐eagle-‐nebula/ 6.http://hogewash.com/2014/05/25/thats-‐no-‐space-‐station-‐its-‐a-‐moon/ 7. http://hogewash.com/2014/05/23/a-‐new-‐crater-‐on-‐mars/ 8. http://hogewash.com/2014/05/21/m60-‐ucd1/ 9. http://hogewash.com/2014/05/20/cygnus-‐ob2-‐9/ 10. http://hogewash.com/2014/05/19/the-‐giant-‐red-‐spot/ 11. http://hogewash.com/2014/05/18/the-‐not-‐so-‐giant-‐red-‐spot/ 12. http://hogewash.com/2014/05/16/neptune-‐triton-‐rings-‐and-‐stars/ 13. http://hogewash.com/2014/05/15/inside-‐the-‐flame-‐nebula-‐2/ 14. http://hogewash.com/2014/05/14/pan-‐and-‐zoom/ 15. http://hogewash.com/2014/05/13/a-‐stellar-‐survivor/ 16. http://hogewash.com/2014/05/12/the-‐grand-‐canyon-‐of-‐mars/ 17. http://hogewash.com/2014/05/11/infrared-‐andromeda/ 18. http://hogewash.com/2014/05/10/coronal-‐hole-‐squared/ 19. http://hogewash.com/2014/05/09/b-‐and-‐c-‐in-‐uv/ 20. http://hogewash.com/2014/05/08/inside-‐the-‐flame-‐nebula/ 21. http://hogewash.com/2014/05/07/outbound/ 22. http://hogewash.com/2014/05/06/53-‐years-‐ago-‐yesterday/ 23. http://hogewash.com/2014/05/05/thats-‐no-‐moon-‐its-‐a-‐space-‐station/ 24. http://hogewash.com/2014/05/04/whats-‐up-‐for-‐may/ 25. http://hogewash.com/2014/05/03/m61-‐2/ 26. http://hogewash.com/2014/05/02/26749/ 27. http://hogewash.com/2014/05/01/the-‐pleiades-‐2/ 28. http://hogewash.com/2014/04/30/rings-‐and-‐shadows/ 29. http://hogewash.com/2014/04/29/missed-‐it-‐by-‐that-‐much-‐2/ 30. http://hogewash.com/2014/04/27/asteroids-‐3/ 31. http://hogewash.com/2014/04/26/brown-‐dwarf/ 32. http://hogewash.com/2014/04/25/m5/ 33. http://hogewash.com/2014/04/24/arp-‐81/ 34. http://hogewash.com/2014/04/23/m101-‐in-‐ir/ 35. http://hogewash.com/2014/04/21/just-‐a-‐bit-‐blurry/ 36. http://hogewash.com/2014/04/20/mariner-‐4-‐and-‐mars/ 37. http://hogewash.com/2014/04/19/the-‐tadpole/ 38, http://hogewash.com/2014/04/18/surveyor-‐3-‐and-‐apollo-‐12/
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39. http://hogewash.com/2014/04/16/new-‐moon-‐2/ 40. http://hogewash.com/2014/04/15/a-‐horsehead-‐of-‐a-‐different-‐color-‐2/ 41. http://hogewash.com/2014/04/12/mergers-‐and-‐acquisitions-‐2/ 42. http://hogewash.com/2014/04/11/el-‐gordo-‐2/ 43. http://hogewash.com/2014/04/09/get-‐ready-‐for-‐the-‐eclipse/ 44. http://hogewash.com/2014/04/05/a-‐solar-‐flare-‐2/ 45. http://hogewash.com/2014/04/04/themis/ 46. http://hogewash.com/2014/04/03/mars-‐in-‐opposition/ 47. http://hogewash.com/2014/04/01/encountering-‐hyperion/ 48. http://hogewash.com/2014/03/31/ios-‐true-‐colors/ 49. http://hogewash.com/2014/03/30/hollows-‐on-‐mercury/ 50. http://hogewash.com/2014/03/29/1000-‐km-‐closer-‐to-‐mars/ 51. http://hogewash.com/2014/03/27/you-‐cant-‐see-‐it-‐from-‐here/ 52. http://hogewash.com/2014/03/25/breaking-‐up-‐is-‐hard-‐to-‐do/ 53. http://hogewash.com/2014/03/24/confused-‐hubble/ 54. http://hogewash.com/2014/03/22/a-‐seyfert-‐galaxy/ 55. http://hogewash.com/2014/03/21/coming-‐attractions-‐lunar-‐eclipses/ 56. http://hogewash.com/2014/03/20/measuring-‐a-‐black-‐holes-‐spin/ 57. http://hogewash.com/2014/03/19/the-‐moons-‐north-‐pole/ 58. http://hogewash.com/2014/03/18/the-‐monkey-‐head-‐nebula/ 59. http://hogewash.com/2014/03/17/hubble-‐nets-‐a-‐butterfly/ 60. http://hogewash.com/2014/03/16/missed-‐it-‐by-‐that-‐much/ 61. http://hogewash.com/2014/03/15/preview-‐of-‐coming-‐attractions-‐3/ 62. http://hogewash.com/2014/03/12/the-‐sun-‐in-‐january/ 63. http://hogewash.com/2014/03/11/a-‐swift-‐tour-‐of-‐andromeda/ 64. http://hogewash.com/2014/03/10/wimpy-‐x-‐rays/ 65. http://hogewash.com/2014/03/09/exoplanets-‐and-‐exocomets/ 66. http://hogewash.com/2014/03/08/a-‐telescope-‐larger-‐than-‐a-‐galaxy/ 67. http://hogewash.com/2014/03/07/the-‐sand-‐dunes-‐of-‐mars/ 68. http://hogewash.com/2014/03/06/a-‐day-‐on-‐mercury/ 69. http://hogewash.com/2014/03/03/martian-‐sunset/ 70. http://hogewash.com/2014/03/02/surveyor-‐1/
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