Nice Try: Prison Inmates Copyright Names, Sue Warden For Unauthorized Use

[DeSwiss]

Inmates Accused in Name Copyright Scheme

Jul 17, 8:05 PM (ET)

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - What's in a name? How about a scheme to get out of prison? Four federal inmates were indicted Tuesday on allegations that they copyrighted their names, then demanded millions of dollars from prison officials for using the names without authorization.

The indictment alleges inmates Russell Dean Landers, Clayton Heath Albers, Carl Ervin Batts and Barry Dean Bischof sent demand notices to the warden of the El Reno federal prison, filed liens against his property and then hired an individual to seize his vehicles, freeze his bank accounts, and change the locks on his house. Then, believing the warden's property had been seized, the inmates demanded to be released from prison before they would negotiate with the warden to give his property back, according to the indictment.

U.S. Attorney John C. Richter said the individual hired by the inmates turned out to be an undercover FBI agent. Richter said the four men and William Michael Roberson, 50, of Baton Rouge, La., were indicted on accusations of conspiring to impede the duties of federal prison officials. Richter said Roberson is accused of assisting the four inmates in the scheme that allegedly took place in late 2003 and early 2004.

All five were also indicted on charges of mailing threatening communications with the intent to extort. The conspiracy count carries maximum penalties of six years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The mail charge is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070718/D8QELJA80.html

*** - They made their biggest mistake when they didn't hire a lawyer from the RIAA...

[emlev]

1. I thought they named themselves "Sue Warden"

[DeSwiss]

3. They'll be lucky now....

...if they don't get sent to Gitmo.

[Jed Dilligan]

2. Very creative...

I'm pretty sure the warden deserved whatever grief this put on his life.

[DeSwiss]

4. Creative, meh....

...I think the warden's laughing his ass off at this very minute.

[Jed Dilligan]

5. Fuck him.

He's a thug of the Prison Industrial Complex, and I hope he chokes to death on his laughter.

[DeSwiss]

6. Or he could do that....

:yoiks:

[Swamp Rat]

7. LOL!!

[jeff30997]

8. Roflmao!

:rofl:

[seriousstan]

9. I think I hear a bitter ex-con.

[Jed Dilligan]

10. Fuck you cop.

[seriousstan]

11. Not a cop, but I did help put a thief in jail yesterday. It felt goooood.

I caught an asshole breaking into cars. One more down.

[Jed Dilligan]

13. I'm not an ex-con but I helped put a prison guard out of his job

It felt goooood. One more down.

[Richard Steele]

12. Very stupid. As events proved. nm

[Jed Dilligan]

14. Statistically at least,

the cons in this case are petty drug offenders caught up in an endless web of bs parole violations, and the warden is a corrupt pig feeding off money that should go to schools. So I applaud their attempt to ruin him until further information emerges.

[Richard Steele]

15. Well, someone should have told them that you CANNOT copyright your name...

...and use it in the way they attempted.

If you're worried about $$$, how much taxpayer money
was wasted by this inane stunt of theirs?

[Jed Dilligan]

16. Insignificant compared to the amount we waste on

LOCKING PEOPLE UP WHO SHOULDN'T BE LOCKED UP.

[TheBaldyMan]

17. true JD

but then where would the PIC get cheap sweatshop labour from. Institutional slavery must get its bodies from somewhere. Made in the CONUS.