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John T. Unger of Mancelona, MI writes:<\/p>\nJohn T. Unger of Mancelona, MI writes:<\/p>\n
“My fire bowls, original art which I’ve been making since 2005, have been copied by a manufacturer.\u00a0 He is now suing me in federal court to overturn my existing copyrights and continue making knockoffs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I have a strong case, a great lawyer and believe that if I can continue to defend myself, the case will be resolved in my favor. You can read more about it at my blog.<\/a><\/p>\n “I did not initiate this lawsuit, but am defending my art, my creative rights, my reputation and my livelihood.\u00a0 I’ve already spent over $50,000 out of pocket in defense of my original designs.\u00a0 Seeking a judicial ruling in federal court will cost more than most artists or small businesses can afford, but attempts at settlement have been unsuccessful.\u00a0 I am holding a fundraising sale <\/a>of my artwork to finance a defense in court.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Explain your idea in the comments section below. We’ll take ideas for two weeks, and I’ll announce the winner of the mask\u00a0in my newsletter on Tuesday, Nov. 10.\u00a0 Tweet this, and\u00a0 share it with your Facebook friends.\u00a0<\/p>\n John T. Unger of Mancelona, MI writes: “My fire bowls, original art which I’ve been making since 2005, have been copied by a manufacturer.\u00a0 He is now suing me in federal court to overturn my existing copyrights and continue making knockoffs.\u00a0 “I have a strong case, a great lawyer and believe that if I can\u2026 Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","iawp_total_views":1,"wds_primary_category":606,"footnotes":""},"categories":[606],"tags":[203,607,614],"class_list":{"0":"post-5001","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-public-relations","7":"tag-contests","8":"tag-promotions","9":"tag-publicity-stunt","10":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Joan Stewart","author_link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/author\/jstewart\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42019,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5001\/revisions\/42019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"John-T-Unger-w02\"](\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/John-T-Unger-w02.jpg\" "\\"John-T-Unger-w02\\"")
“What ideas do your Hounds have for using traditional and social media to raise\u00a0awareness of the story, its broader implications for other creative professionals and raising funds to see that the laws which protect copyright are not weakened for other artists?”<\/p>\n
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\nThe Publicity Hound says:<\/p>\n![\"shovel](\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/shovel-mask.jpg\" "\\"shovel")
When John called me to\u00a0ask for my advice on this, I suggested we\u00a0use it as a Help This Hound question.\u00a0He offered to send me a beautiful shovel mask ($59),\u00a0artwork made from a recycled shovel, to thank me.\u00a0I suggested we use it instead as a reward for the Hound who comes up with the best idea for his\u00a0publicity campaign. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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