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Originally Posted by TheIntelCritic
I also have another tidbit to throw into the fray:
My name is copyrighted.
I have debated putting the credit reporting agencies on notice not to use my copy righted name.
If I put them on notice, I wonder what the ramifications will be? Will ALL of my credit history go up in smoke? The good and the bad?
I wonder.
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This theory goes over like a stone kite in the real world.
A few years back, a black supremacist cult called the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors moved into this area. When their leader, Dwight "Malachi" York, got into legal trouble with both state and federal authorities, he tried the "I've copyrighted my name, and if you use it without permission it will cost you" nonsense. Here's an excerpt (from the Macon Telegraph, Jan. 18, 2003):
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As the hearing Friday was nearing an end, York - who wore a red fez with a black tassle - stood up and repeated a statement he made Thursday in court that he is "secured" and does not give permission to use his name.
"If you proceed it will cost you $500,000," York said.
He also said "all deals are off" if Prior continues to use his name.
Though York's attorney Ed Garland said he had nothing to say regarding York's statement, York was referring to "common law" practices the Nuwaubians have used in the past. Common law courts are not legally binding and are typically associated with anti-government militias in the Midwest.
During the hearing, Nuwaubians gave members of the media a "copyright notice" that purports to provide notice that York has copyrighted his name and aliases and the document threatens certain financial penalties for "unauthorized" use of his name. The documents were stamped: "Received, Jan. 08, 2003" by the "Clerk of Federal Moorish Cherokee Consular Court, USA."
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See
http://www.rickross.com/reference/nu...aubians55.html
for the whole story.
York is now serving 135 years in a federal penitentiary for various crimes, including sexual abuse of children. It's safe to say that his purported copyright on his name did not deter the judge or prosecutor in his case.