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Able to Breathe Again |
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Posted May 10, 2016 - 13:31:15
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Sometimes when you walk around with something long enough, you forget you're carrying it. The weight becomes apart of you after a while. And then one day you're finally able to put it down, and you find yourself able to relax for the first time in ages...
That's how I feel right now.
A lot of you know that for the last several months AnimeCon.org CEO Ryan Kopf has been
suing me in the state of Iowa. While I first wrote about Ryan Kopf
back in 2013 on this site, the lawsuit was about articles I wrote over on
Nerd & Tie.
My lawyer managed to
get it dismissed on the grounds of personal jurisdiction (i.e. I write and publish from
Indiana), but Kopf's attorney fought it -- dragging this whole mess out. The damned thing just. kept. going.
Until last week.
The judge finally ruled on Kopf's last motions to reconsider, and upheld the dismissals. My lawyer
assures me that this thing is
finally over. Well -- at least in
Iowa.
There's nothing stopping Kopf from refiling this case in the proper venue (Indiana), and if he does the headache gets to start all over again. But I have to think that after all the bad PR this has generated for him, Kopf
might take the hint that letting it drop is the best thing he could do.
But even if this respite is temporary, I will enjoy it.
On a more cheerful note,
Anime Central is coming up in a week and a half, and I'm excited. I'll be spending the con bouncing between both my Trae Dorn Productions table (Artist Alley H04) selling
UnCONventional and
The Chronicles of Crosarth and the
Nerd & Tie Expo table (CT14). If you're around, you should stop by and say hello.
It ought to be a good time.
- Traegorn
