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I’m a writer.
That’s what I do, and I play music, paint, and think up film concepts
I had a film concept stolen from me by an asshole named Robert Cooper
Police in Canada don’t investigate serious copyright theft, even though we have actual criminal legislation, not just civil.
So here is my offer:
There are at least 20 people in the production crew of Atlantis that know the whole story.
There are a couple hundred who know parts of it.
There’s probably a half dozen who actually have either a copy of the tape Robert made during our conversation at Turk’s or have heard the whole thing.
There’s also a shitload of Teamsters, Angels, IATSE, and assorted crew on the lot.
I offer %15 of any amount of money I am able to get out of Robert Cooper to split equally with anyone who helps me to pin him with this. So if 2 good witnesses and one person with a copy of the tape help me sue him to the point of actually getting money, then %15 of whatever I receive from the court gets split 3 ways ( %15 of the amount after legal fees, that way, better info/witness/evidence creates more profit for those involved).
To the gangsters and non witnesses, whatever you do that makes him give it up, show me some picture or proof that you applied that pressure to him and I’ll give you and whoever else helps %15 split between you.
Obviously I can’t offer anything if I don’t make anything, so if you do something twisted, like whack him or something, I can’t really give you anything. It has to result in me getting compensation if I am to give a percentage to you.
That’s not saying I wouldn’t be grateful for whatever strange retribution visits upon him from nowhere, just a share of %15 of zip is pretty much jack shit.
That’s my offer.
It stands for ever.
Because in reality, everyone really gets left behind unless they fuck shit up.
As for you IATSE people who want to get every tech in the lower mainland on board before the Olympics, I’d love to join, but a lot of IATSE members know the whole story or have some kind of involvement, get them to speak up and I’d be inclined to join.
Otherwise you’re just another amoral gang that can be hired to help steal creativity and cover up the deed. I can’t trust an organization that does that, because I am a creative as well as a higly experienced tech.
And if you can’t help with evidence but feel like chipping in, you could give Robert a big BOOOOO!!!! for me when he gets up to receive his BC Government LEO Award on May 8 and 9, 2009. His award for his “creations” and their contributions to BC. I wonder sometimes if any of his “creations” are actually his.
Or maybe you can mingle at the LEO’s and ask questions about his attitude toward script theft and the right of a writer or other creative to receive proper compensation for their contributions.
If you’re really cool, maybe you’ll figure out a way to peg him with some rotten fruit or something…
Or just peg him…
So I’m in survival mode
barely managed to get a place to live
no extra money
barely enough to eat
if I make it to the food bank
no time for for posting blog entries
I’ve got to scrounge for food and a place to sleep
and as I’m playing for some change
I watch their faces
Busking is a type of work
IMHO
It’s not easy, it takes effort
but as I watch
I see that buskers are almost disappeared in Van
Cold and snotty looks of disdain
It amazes me
The meth-head freak that walks right up and pesters people, nastily
he takes away about $30 an hour, every day
just being his junkie prick self
and the young man playing his guitar for change
he’s really very good, and not bothersome
he barely scrapes 8 bux out of the passing crowds
He buys a couple beers and has a smoke, then get’s back to it
We dish out money to a junkie playing the sympathy card
but the young man who’s actually working
working hard, NOT begging
learning songs to play, playing his heart out
he’s barely making it
Even if he’s not so good, he’s trying
Seems like we actually judge buskers
we set the bar high
if it’s not nearly Mark Knopfler or Neil Young
It’s barely worth a dime
You have to be like a live radio to make a loonie
For panhandlers the opposite happens
the more degenerate, filthy, and disturbed they are
the more we shovel into their palms
Give your money to buskers and people doing things
not beggars with their shame stories
streets with music and artists
are better than streets with hands out
I’m up next
dueling with beggars for a bit of change
