Day 102: The Saturday Shift – Choosing the Copyright Hill to Die On
- mainemoviepirate
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Original Entry: 10/02/21 Saturday mornings in here have a specific rhythm. Up at 5:30 AM for the standard breakfast—oatmeal and honey buns today. It’s quiet. By 7:30 AM, I’m usually settled in the library. It’s the only place where the air feels a little different, maybe because of the books, or maybe just because it’s a break from the block.
Spent most of the morning reading The Counselor and Orange is the New Black. It’s surreal reading about prison while sitting in a library chair with a number on my back. I’ve decided to drop the "JP" noise. It’s a distraction. From here on out, my focus is singular: Winning this on Copyright terms. If I’m going to fight, I’m fighting on the ground that matters.
Fed some of my leftover pancakes to the birds outside the library window earlier. A small act of rebellion, I guess. Tonight’s movie lineup: Commando and Justice League. A bit of escapism before the cell door slams for the night.
Four Years Later: Looking back at Day 102, I see a man committed to a legal principle. Today, that commitment is fueling my 2255 motion. I’m taking another bite at the apple to reset the Fair Use of Orphan Works precedent.
But there’s a new layer now. As I sit through medical and psychological evaluations in 2026, I’m realizing that my "incarcerated self" was fighting with a hand tied behind his back. Had these medical conditions been understood during the trial and sentencing, the entire trajectory of my case—and the time I served—would have looked very different. The "Pirate" was navigating a storm no one else could see, not even the court.
