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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=akha@loxinfo.co.th href="mailto:akha@loxinfo.co.th">Matthew
McDaniel</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=akha@akha.org
href="mailto:akha@akha.org">akha@akha.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 24, 2001 7:55
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> ELL: Copyright vs Evidence of
Hate Literature Against the Indigenous</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT><BR></DIV>Dear Friends of the Akha And All Indigenous Peoples:
<P>Today I was notified by Ronald Rockney of the Jack Chick Tract and
Publishing company that we are in violation of copy right law and must take
down our copies of the racist tract called "The True Path" which we have shown
on our web site as a case of "hate" literature.
<P>We have been informed by the site administrator that we must take down the
pictures of the Jack Chick publication in question. "The True Path" portrayed
American Indians and indigenous peoples as smelly, dirty, drunkards headed for
hell.
<P>We have done so.
<P>We have replaced the page with a edited version, without the pictures.
<P><A
href="http://www.akha.org/jackchick.htm">http://www.akha.org/jackchick.htm</A>
<P>We are checking what legal options we can persue regarding Jack Chick and
his pubication.
<P>But let us look at what is going on here.
<P>Jack Chick publications is using copyright law to protect publicity from
occuring via the web as to the offensive nature of the material they are
publishing, which could very easily be classified as hate literature.
<P>This is Ronald's email address. His original email is below, as well
as also now posted on the web page.
<P>Ronald Rockney <rockney@chick.com>
<P>He is not at all concerned about the REASON we have posted this little
publication to our web site.
<P>This, my friends is religious fascism at its best.
<P>We need to explain to both Ronald and the indigenous community what this is
about, that these sort of things are central to the indigenous cause, not side
shows. That these racist blocks in the wall are what give people
permission to oppose the indigenous.
<P>At any rate, consider very seriously that these publications up on the
website <BR>were there as evidence of what is being done to the indigenous,
and these <BR>racist evangelicals believe that if they enforce the white
copyright laws then <BR>they also effectively hide the evidence.
<P>I welcome your input into this matter.
<P>It has been suggested that we can put together a class action lawsuit
against Chick Publications, if anyone has comments on this. It would
also require that they formally recall the tract, that they make public
broadcast and printed apologies in some major media to the Native Nations for
this portrayal.
<P>At least write this fellow below and give him a piece of your mind.
<P>I believe there are other locations where someone has posted this
literature. Please contact me.
<P>Matthew <BR> <BR> <BR>
<P>Ronald Rockney <rockney@chick.com>
<P>Ronald Rockney wrote:
<P>> Dear Mr. McDaniel, <BR>> <BR>> I have just been made aware of
the existence of images copyrighted by Jack <BR>> T. Chick which are being
displayed on your website, on page <BR>> <A
href="http://www.akha.org/jackchick.htm">http://www.akha.org/jackchick.htm</A>.
Chick Publications is the exclusive <BR>> licensed publisher for Mr.
Chick's work. Our licensing agreement requires <BR>> us to defend his
copyright, and we will do so. <BR>> <BR>> I must ask you to remove the
images you are displaying from his tract, "The <BR>> True Path" from your
website. You are welcome to comment on the tract, and <BR>> can link
to it on our site it you wish, but it is not permissible to serve <BR>> it
up on your own website. <BR>> <BR>> I would appreciate hearing from you
soon, and thank you in advance for your <BR>> cooperation. <BR>>
<BR>> Sincerely, <BR>> <BR>> Ronald Rockney, Treasurer <BR>> Chick
Publications, Inc. <BR> <BR>
<P>by Jack Chick <BR> Email: questions@chick.com
<P>Biography of Jack Chick <BR><A
href="http://www.chick.com/information/authors/chick.asp">http://www.chick.com/information/authors/chick.asp</A>
<P> Chick tracks: This Was Your Life <BR> <A
href="http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0001/0001_01.asp">http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0001/0001_01.asp</A>
<P>Contact Chick Publications <BR><A
href="http://www.chick.com/contacts.asp">http://www.chick.com/contacts.asp</A>
<BR>Suggestions Email: <BR>webmaster@chick.com
<P> Chick Publications <BR> P.O. Box 3500 <BR> Ontario, Calif.
<BR> 91761-1019
<P> (909) 987-0771 Ph. <BR> (909) 941-8128 Fax
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