fatboyharley
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Any one hear about the law suit filed in the US by an Mexican artist against the editor of the Rocky Point Times, his wife and daughter for fraud?
Lawsuit against Rocky Point Times Editor
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rockyptjoe
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I wonder how a US court would have jurisdiction over something that may have happened in Mexico?
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Submarine
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Isn't it printed in the U.S? They do run their payments through Lukeville.
Isn't that sister publication, the Ajo Times still going?
Isn't that sister publication, the Ajo Times still going?
InkaRoads
cronopiador
You can see the office in Ajo just in the corner where the shell? gas station is, just east of it on the turn, it always look like it is close, then again it is always after five when I pass by.
it says that the RPtimes is printed in Hermosillo by Impresora y Editorial S.A. de C.V.
does show an address in Lukeville though.
it says that the RPtimes is printed in Hermosillo by Impresora y Editorial S.A. de C.V.
does show an address in Lukeville though.
fatboyharley
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August 20, 2008
PUERTO PEÑASCO — The owner of a local collectibles boutique made illegal copies of a Bolivian artist’s oil paintings and sold them as prints on the Internet, according to a recent lawsuit.
The suit involves 20 large oil paintings created by Jose Moreno Aparicio, who splits his time between Bolivia, Mexico, and the Arizona border town of Ajo. The paintings in question show jungle scenes and tropical birds such as parrots and toucans.
In his six-page complaint, Moreno claims Lannette Deann Phillips had copied his works and advertised them for sale on various websites for her business, Rocky Point Collectibles. He also claims that Jim and Sandra O’Hare, owners of Puerto Peñasco’s biggest local newspaper, the Rocky Point Times , collected the money from these sales.
As a result, Moreno is suing all three of them in federal court in Tucson. He is demanding:
• An accounting of all sales and gross profits from the sale of those 20 works,
• Recovery of all indirect and direct profits from those sales,
• Damages worth up to $150,000 per painting,
• A permanent injunction against all future sales,
• The delivery of all DVDs, CD-ROMs, photographs, blueprints, negatives and other materials that contain the copies so that they can be destroyed,
• Money for attorney fees and court costs.
Houston lawyer Dana A. LeJune is representing Moreno.
PUERTO PEÑASCO — The owner of a local collectibles boutique made illegal copies of a Bolivian artist’s oil paintings and sold them as prints on the Internet, according to a recent lawsuit.
The suit involves 20 large oil paintings created by Jose Moreno Aparicio, who splits his time between Bolivia, Mexico, and the Arizona border town of Ajo. The paintings in question show jungle scenes and tropical birds such as parrots and toucans.
In his six-page complaint, Moreno claims Lannette Deann Phillips had copied his works and advertised them for sale on various websites for her business, Rocky Point Collectibles. He also claims that Jim and Sandra O’Hare, owners of Puerto Peñasco’s biggest local newspaper, the Rocky Point Times , collected the money from these sales.
As a result, Moreno is suing all three of them in federal court in Tucson. He is demanding:
• An accounting of all sales and gross profits from the sale of those 20 works,
• Recovery of all indirect and direct profits from those sales,
• Damages worth up to $150,000 per painting,
• A permanent injunction against all future sales,
• The delivery of all DVDs, CD-ROMs, photographs, blueprints, negatives and other materials that contain the copies so that they can be destroyed,
• Money for attorney fees and court costs.
Houston lawyer Dana A. LeJune is representing Moreno.
rockyptjoe
Guest
If true, that was pretty dumb!!!
Again, like I said before, I don't know about the jurisdiction of the court...and where the actual "act" occurred....but they could be prosecuted under Copyright Law....and in this case, with monetary gain, it could be a CRIMINAL prosecution!
Again, like I said before, I don't know about the jurisdiction of the court...and where the actual "act" occurred....but they could be prosecuted under Copyright Law....and in this case, with monetary gain, it could be a CRIMINAL prosecution!
InkaRoads
cronopiador
This is what I found
http://www.rfcexpress.com/lawsuit.asp?id=39272
so, after 13 years plus of running their own business and obiuosly being profitable they got greedy
dum move for some one in the printing business, supposetly with the know how!!
http://www.rfcexpress.com/lawsuit.asp?id=39272
so, after 13 years plus of running their own business and obiuosly being profitable they got greedy
dum move for some one in the printing business, supposetly with the know how!!
rockyptjoe
Guest
Yep....dumb move! But, they're innocent until found guilty in court.
Whether they win or lose in court, it's still going to cost them $$$ in legal fees! They must have enough assets for the artist to file the lawsuit....didn't the "family" once own the Black Dog?
Whether they win or lose in court, it's still going to cost them $$$ in legal fees! They must have enough assets for the artist to file the lawsuit....didn't the "family" once own the Black Dog?