Fossilman's Account Hacked?

[Greg (FossilMan)]

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Is the WPT release and the WSOP release very close in nature, as DN says it is? If so, why are you not making the same lawsuit against HET?

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The WSOP release is far from perfect. However, there is nothing in the WSOP release that says they can use your name and image for any purpose they want. While the way they word things is somewhat ambiguous, a proper interpretation would limit the WSOP to purposes related to the TV shows and promotion of the WSOP itself, but not products sold with the WSOP logo. I do not see how it is proper to judge that the WSOP could use my name and image to sell poker chips, for example. On the other hand, I cannot say the same for the WPT release. If the release were ruled to be valid, then it would likely be ruled to allow such a use by the WPT.

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I do agree with DN when he states that online affiliates will be brought into this by the WPT. It is a tactic they will use, and it may hurt the online gamming community with the state it is in right now.

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I do not see any legal basis by which the WPT can bring any online site into this lawsuit in any manner whatsoever. They will likely ask us during any depositions about the activity of our respective sites that we the Plaintiffs represent, and the answers will be that these sites have nothing to do with the lawsuit. With that being the case, I do not see any way that the judge would rule that the WPT could bring the online sites into the case as either parties or witnesses. You can't drag somebody into an existing lawsuit without some evidence that they are involved. You don't necessarily need a lot of evidence, but you must have something. In this case, there is nothing I know of that would give the WPT the standing to attack the online sites.

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I also hope this thing ends in a cival and quick way.

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I feel the same, as do my fellow Plaintiffs. We don't want to spend a lot of money, nor do we expect to make any money. We just want the WPT to do the right thing.

Thanks, Greg Raymer (FossilMan)