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December 28, 2010 - Content has not been altered. original email is on the left with our comments on the right. "Ben" has not replied to our email to him.
The original email has had line breaks added so we can comment more easily.

Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:02:26 -0700
To: karen@tabberone.com
Subject: Trademark/Copyright Question for Tabberone
From: benmakswell@hotmail.com
Dear Tabberone,
I am writing concerning the article you wrote on the "Nimrod" Rhett Barney. While reading this article I became very disturbed.
You begin claiming things that are not true. Rhett Barney never claimed to be a lawyer. He claimed to be an intern at CAPS.
You do not have to be a lawyer to state the law.
Now I don't know everything about the law, but what makes you qualified to refute someone else?
You don't even state your name let alone your qualifications.
Furthermore, you have only posted one side of this conversation. This gives no context to the letter you posted.
I'm also curious to know what Mr. Barney did to earn your distain to the point of posting potentially libel comments online for the whole world to see.
On an ending note, when you have to resort to childish name-calling, it shows your own lack of intelligence.
Sincerely,
Ben

"Ben" does not say anything as to how is was that he was searching for "Rhett Barney" using Google or the fact he lives near Idaho Falls, Idaho which is just east of Spokane Washington where Rhett Barney attends the Gonzaga University School of Law.

While Ben complains of a lack of context, it appears Ben is omitting to tell us where he sits before he tells us where he stands. Does Ben know Rhett Barney personally or was this some random encounter?
Ben, under the law one does not have to claim to be a lawyer to be guilty of practicing law without a license. And, we quote the relevant statutes that affirm this. So, how is what we claim a lie? Rhett Barney is making representations and negotiating a settlement on behalf of a "client" without supervision of a licensed attorney and without a license himself.
Stating the law on behalf of a client requires either proper legal supervision or a license to practice law. Rhett Barney has neither.
Read the rest of the web site and then come back and ask that question again.
Actually Ben, had you bothered to put down your bong long enough you would have noticed there is a link at the top of every page that supplies our names, address and telephone number. We have spent more time in federal court on trademark and copyright issues than has Rhett Barney.
The one side is all that is required to make our point. Rhett Barney is wrong in his interpretation of IP law. He is making claims to support the position of his clients without regard for the rights of the alleged infringer.
Rhett Barney is working for a company that is engaged in what we call trademark extortion. In our opinion trademark extortionists are scum. Assuming Rhett Barney is not unintelligent, he knows full well what he is doing.
Name-calling? What name-calling? His is a nimrod. And extortionist scum.

Sincerely? Really? What? No XOXOXOX?

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