On Jun 7 2005, 12:28 pm, "Eric Langjahr's Sister" <janlan...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
> To Everyone Involved in Horse-Racing or Handicapping:
>
> Eric Langjahr, the pioneer of computerized handicapping, was my
> brother. Eric, a founder of International Thoroughbred Superhighway,
> Inc. (a/k/a ITS), was the sole developer of, among other things, all
> ITS software.
>
> Last week I discovered that my brother's company, ITS, was shut down.
> Even though my parents and I inherited NO LESS THAN a fifty (50%)
> percent interest in ITS, I found out about the closing FROM THE ITS
> WEBSITE.
>
> [It may be easier on your eyes to read this post
athttp://dirtythief.brave=
host.com/]
>
> PIZZOLLA RAPES AND ROBS ITS
>
> Needless to say, Michael Pizzolla didn't shut down ITS in the proper,
> legal way. You see, Nevada law requires distribution of the cor****ate
> assets TO THE SHAREHOLDER(S), not SQUATTERS.
>
> PIZZOLLA STEALS ITS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
> WHILE DENYING VALUE
>
> So, instead, Michael Pizzolla, apparently, just walked away once his
> plot was ready for execution. Then, WITHOUT PERMISSION OR VALID LEGAL
> RIGHT, Pizzolla STOLE all of ITS'S intangible, intellectual property
> (including the intellectual property contributed to ITS SOLELY by
> Eric)...
>
> Property which, since Eric's death, both Pizzolla and his hired
> mouthpiece, Michael H. Singer, have represented to my family has NO
> VALUE. That's right, Pizzolla and Singer have represented that ITS
> has no value but for its few TANGIBLE assets, namely "DESKS AND
> CHAIRS AND ... EQUIPMENT" according to Pizzolla [upper case added to
> quote] . (I still have those FALSEHOODS, WRITTEN on their respective
> LETTERHEADS under their own respective SIGNATURES. Of course, I do not
> suggest that counsel lied; perhaps he was DUPED.)
>
> PIZZOLLA STEALS ITS CUSTOMERS
> WHILE DENYING PROFITABILITY
>
> Adding insult to the injury of the THEFTS of the intellectual property,
> Pizzolla also has the gall to use Eric's own company's website to
> DEFRAUD the customers of ITS products, that is, users of my brother's
> software, to DISLOYALLY DIVERT them away from the ITS website to the
> website of Pizzolla's own PERSONAL company...
>
> At which website Pizzolla's own directly COMPETING company conducts
> the EXACT SAME business that ITS did, and sells the EXACT SAME products
> that ITS did, using the EXACT SAME proprietary trade secrets and the
> EXACT SAME trademarks and the EXACT SAME trade dress to the EXACT SAME
> customers, using the EXACT SAME customer account numbers, user ids and
> passwords...
>
> After Pizzolla and Singer represented that ITS has turned NO PROFIT
> since Eric's death - and WILL NOT for "the foreseeable future".
>
> PIZZOLLA STEALS ERIC LANGJAHR'S LEGACY
>
> But there is one glaring difference at PIZZOLLA'S COMPETING website:
> it is AS THOUGH ERIC LANGJAHR NEVER EXISTED, let alone conceived and
> developed all of the ITS products and materials that Pizzolla STOLE to
> sell on his own website.
>
> After FALSELY holding himself out to the handicapping community as my
> brother's FRIEND, Michael Pizzolla has SHAMEFULLY, DISGRACEFULLY,
> DISGUSTINGLY, STOLEN all the CREDIT for MY BROTHER'S LIFE'S WORK,
> HIS LEGACY.
>
> AND FOR WHAT -
> PIZZOLLA WAS STEALING ALL ITS'S MONEY ANYWAY
>
> Since Eric's death, Pizzolla / ITS have NOT PAID ONE PENNY to
> Eric's estate or to my family anyway. In fact, there has been no
> contact between my family and Pizzolla for many, many months. (We've
> really tried to blot this sorry excuse for a human being out of our
> minds.) Bottom line: since Eric's death, Pizzolla has been having
> his cake and eating it too - PLUS ERIC'S! But even that wasn't
> enough for Pizzolla...
>
> PIZZOLLA WANTS TO STAMP OUT EVERYONE'S
> MEMORY OF ERIC AND ALL ERIC DID
>
> What with Pizzolla's high-priced (the hired gun boasted of it IN
> WRITING), well-connected (according to colleagues), LOCAL attorney, it
> will take YEARS and tens, if not HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS to
> get justice in the DISTANT Nevada courts.
>
> BUT YOU CAN HELP GET JUSTICE FOR ERIC RIGHT NOW!!
>
> PLEASE...please...please...if you knew and liked my brother - or
> respected him from afar - even one tiny little bit (or even if you
> didn't, but simply believe in fairness and justice) ...
>
> PLEASE DON'T HELP PIZZOLLA FEAST ON ERIC'S GRAVE
>
> =B7 don't reward this THIEF by buying STOLEN PROPERTY from him
>
> =B7 don't reward this THIEF by buying data delivered via STOLEN
> PROPERTY
>
> =B7 tell EQUIBASE COMPANY (poh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
)
> to STOP PARTNERING with and endorsing the likes of THIEVES (there are
> plenty of good companies and products left in handicapping) (Equibase
> has already removed the stolen ITS logo hyperlinked on its partners
> page but that is not nearly enough)
>
> =B7 tell VIAWEST INTERNET SERVICES (sa...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> netsupp...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) to TAKE DOWN the stolen intellectual property
> they are hosting on at least three Pizzolla websites
>
> PLEASE DON'T LET PIZZOLLA ERASE ERIC'S LEGACY
>
> Eric was a good person who never hurt a soul or took anything that
> wasn't his. Unlike some people, Eric never lacked for his own
> clever, original ideas. Eric was a programming genius, always
> generously mentoring others in the programming community.
>
> Eric's intellectual property was a great LEGACY. Eric DESERVES to be
> remembered for his LIFE'S WORK. Not oh-so-casually whited-out by a
> LIAR, THIEF AND CHEAT like Pizzolla.
>
> PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO HONEST
> HANDICAPPERS EVERYWHERE
>
> Do it FOR ERIC. Do it because it's the RIGHT THING TO DO.
>
> THANK YOU from the bottom of Eric's family's hearts.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Janet Langjahr
> Janlan...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
all
I was Eric's friend for many years and his partner in the early, pre-
ITS days of his efforts. Partner is perhaps not as appropriate a word
as apprentice. Eric was a brilliant man, generous to a fault and my
good friend who was always there when anyone needed him. When I had
no office space and a contract to fulfill, Eric let me use the
apartment on Montague and his computers there (remember this was
before we all had internet access, etc) to use so that I could meet my
business obligations and feed my family.
For many months, he took me to the track with him to teach me about
handicapping and his early vision. While it was not for me, and I
moved on to other things, I always appreciated his quest for a deep
understanding of the handicapping world and his devotion to
constructing a methodology based on science rather than mass
hysteria. His company's later success was all due to the many years
that he spent on research and development, which I witnessed first
hand.
First, I want to let everyone know what a good man Eric was. My
family was very sad to come across the story of his death and feel
that the world is far less without Eric in it. Secondly, regarding
Mr. Pizzolla, I knew him briefly as well as and can state that he had
very little if any knowledge or ability to contribute to the
methodology or product aside from perhaps a marketing perspective.
Among Michael's careers is that of a stage magician and his talent for
misdirection and illusion pervades every aspect of his life.
Yours,
---Raymond Blum
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