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True Stories

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Think it won’t happen to you? Read these disturbing testimonials from everyday citizens. If you have a story to tell, please email us at pk@publicknowledge.org.

  • Scott Smith, Writer and Entrepreneur
    “A federal court judge awarded Entrepreneur Media an injunction prohibiting me from using the term ‘entrepreneur’ and awarded $337,280 in damages to the magazine.”

  • Joe Turow, Filmmaker
    “The cost of all three one-minute clips exceeded $17,000.”

  • Marilynn Fauth, Music and Ballet
    “ASCAP threatened to impose a $10,000 fine, to recover huge legal fees for taking me to court, and to imprison me when they won the case. And they repeatedly assured me that they would win.”