On Wed, 19 May 2021 18:09:49 -0700 (PDT), Bryan Simmons
> wrote:

>On Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 3:54:13 PM UTC-5, Jim Lahey wrote:

>> Yup. If Kuthe doesn't cease and desist, take it to a lawyer. Kuthe
>> does at least have his house as an asset.......
>>
>He'd have to show damages, and the Cheep Effects' music has very little
>to no monetary value, but if Craig asks him to cut it out, he should. In my
>experience, telling John to STFU is ineffectual. I do now believe that this
>is the *real* Kurtz, and his copyrights should be respected out of courtesy,
>whether or not he could claim any actual damages, which is unlikely. As
>long as there is no profit, Craig would have to claim that his value as an
>artist was lessened, and would have to make a case that it is.

Whether someone's "value as an artist" is lessened doesn't matter.
Copyright is copyright.