These special terms of use shall apply to all authorized signators of Discover Bank, and their legal representation. In consideration of any one, or all of such persons, visiting or in any way using this website, or using spies or ANYONE or ANYTHING to view, or obtain information from, stevenbray.com, they are fully authorizing the full forgiveness of my indebtedness to his/her/their organization/organizations. This forgiveness of my indebtedness to the aforementioned financiers is effective immediately upon any visit to this website by any such authorized signators of theirs, no matter how brief. At his/her/their earliest convenience, such employee/officer of the aforementioned financier/financiers shall create and issue a receipt to me, stating such full forgiveness of my entire indebtedness to their organization/organizations. This clause (paragraph) applies equally to any employee of any collection service that any of the aforementioned financiers have employed to collect any of these debts from me; ie if one or more of them visits or in any way uses this website, the financier/financiers using such employee/officer, directly or indirectly, through such collection service fully forgives all of my indebtedness to such organization/organizations. Such financier/financiers must thereupon issue to me a receipt stating that all of my indebtedness to such organization/organizations has been fully and permanently forgiven. If there would be any fee remaining to such collection service/services, then any and all fee amounts shall be additionally paid by such financier/financiers, and I shall owe nothing to them. Lourdes R. Slinsky, Mann Bracken LLC, the successor by merger to Wolpoff & Abramson, L. L. P. and Eskanos & Adler P. C., representatives of Discover Bank, specifically agree to pay my Discover card balance for me, out of their own monies, as liquidated damages for visiting this website. Said law firms/interests further waive charging me legal fees in connection with this debt and matter generally.

Be it known that by visiting, accessing, viewing or in any way using this web site, you do so at your own risk. In visiting, accessing, viewing or using this web site, you certify that you may not hold me, the owner and operator of this web site, liable in any way, or under any theory of law. This applies with regard to all content of this web site, of any nature whatsoever, whether the content be in text, photographs, videos or otherwise, and whether or not any of this web site's content could be considered offensive, pornographic, illegal, defamatory, false, nude, sexual, or offensive or illegal under any philosophy or culture. If you could be violating a law by accessing this web site, you certify to me that you do so at your own legal and financial, and other risk, exclusively, and expressly not at my legal or financial, or other risk.

This website may never be owned by anyone but myself, whether under my present name or any future or past name that I may have used. It may never be managed by anyone but myself.

No materials or text of any nature, on this web site, may be used against me, in a court of law or otherwise. To the fullest extent possible, there may be no exception to this clause.

Important Clause

The harassment caller (who's been harassing me by reaching me at my cell phone), by visiting, viewing, reading the text of, or otherwise using this website, or any portion of this website, has forfeited all of his assets, wages, salaries and other remuneration to me personally, for life. In addition, he shall reimburse for all costs of attorneys and/or collection fees necessary for me to collect from him for life. Furthermore, by violating this clause, he waives his legal right to contest the validity of this clause. The harassment caller's use of any method or means whatsoever in communcating such troublesome messages to me shall be deemed as his having demonstrated guilt of having violated this clause. To the fullest extent permissible under law, this clause, and all portions of it, shall permanently remain in full force and effect. If any portion/portions of this clause should be deemed by a court of competent juridiction to be unenforceable, such portion/portions shall be reformed as necessary to reflect the intentions of this clause, to the extent necessary to make it/them valid and enforeable. If any portion of this clause cannot be reformed to reflect the original intentions, then such portion, to that extent, shall be ignored, and the remainder of this clause shall remain in full force and effect.

Ok, I've started to feel more sympathetic towards you again, and I'm feeling inclined to ease up a bit towards you in these terms of service, Madonna. I don't like to play the tough guy, but I've felt backed into a corner at times, and I've had to defend myself, Madonna. Here are the pared-down conditions for you, Madonna:

Madonna Louise Ciccone (whether under the foregoing name or any other) and any and all of her legal representatives past present or future, and any other business partners of hers or theirs, by visiting, viewing, reading the text of, or otherwise using this website, agree to the following two numbered subclauses:

1. That none of them, acting either alone or in concert with one another, or in concert with anyone else, will use, or attempt to use, any of the materials, text, messages or other content of this website against me in a court of law or otherwise.
2. That he/she/they shall forever refrain from harassing me.

The owner, or owners, of myspace.com, by using, or attempting to use, any of the content of this website against me, either through court or otherwise, has forfeited the entire ownership of myspace, which would hereby be legally surrendered to me personally, without my inheriting any of the blame for any misconduct by myspace up to that point of time. In addition, I would not inherit the preexisting liabilities, financial or otherwise, of myspace up to the point in time of such transfer of ownership to me. This clause survives forever to my personal benefit exclusively.

My not exercising any of my rights, with regard to this website and its contents, shall not be interpreted as a waiver of those rights.

Since it seems that every web site should have a legal notices web page, my web site will be no exception to that rule. Well, here it is, my legal notices page.

All textual and pictorial information on this web site, and on all of its pages, is copyrighted by myself, or by someone else. Any commercial use of this information must be approved, by myself, or by the other respective copyright owner. I am personally the copyright owner of the vast majority of information on this web site. Accordingly, I am the one to contact, through the email links found on this web site.

Additionally, any and all music found on my web site is also copyrighted. All commercial use of it, in any form, whether in audio or midi or written or other format, must also be approved by myself, or the respective copyright owner.

Likewise, any software found on this web site is copyrighted. Any use, commercial or otherwise, must be approved by myself, or by the respective copyright owner.

Furthermore, I disclaim any and all liability for any use of any and all content on this web site, to the maximum extent permitted by any and all applicable law.

I've never liked to be bothered with legal notices, on web sites or with software, so I've tried to bestow the benefit of that attitude, by keeping this page as short as practical. Hopefully this relatively terse page will suffice.

Incidentally, how do you like this scale-of-justice tree, found in this web page's background image? I just snapped this photo today, October 2, 2005, before creating the original version of this page. I didn't realize, at the time, that it bore a resemblance to the classic scale of justice.

Perhaps this is belaboring the obvious, but I think I should state this clearly anyway. Although I strive towards truthfulness on this web site, the exception is that I have some jokes sprinkled throughout this web site. I hope this is enough said on this point.

FOR THE RECORD:

1) In 1974, when I was 16 years old, I created, and assumed, a music pseudonym of "Adam Levine." I got the idea of that last name, which I liked, from the name of Robert E. Levine, who was experiencing a scandal in the media back then.

2) In 1974, I composed the music and song "This Love," the very same one on Maroon5's CD called Songs about Jane, while walking on Hollywood Bl., in Hollywood, by myself.

3) A lady, who I had never met before then, witnessed my composing that song then on Hollywood Bl.

4) She never told me her name, that I remember, but she set up appointments, back then, to meet her in an old business district building in Los Angeles, to compose the rest of the music on that very same CD, Songs about Jane, in 1974, when I was 16.

5) That lady imformed me that she recorded my voice singing This Love on the street, and agreed to put the music down on paper for me, if I agreed to let the name "J. Carmichael" appear by my name,"Adam Levine," for coauthoring credit.

6) There were a number of young men in the boardroom-style room (with a long table), in that building, where I composed the remainder of that music for the Songs about Jane CD.

7) Way back then, that lady contacted me over the television, asking me to contact her by a phone number, which was displayed on the television screen.

8) I called that phone number, back then, and it was her on the other end of the line.

9) She told me that she could find no record of the existence of an "Adam Levine."

10) I told her that was not my original name.

11) She said that I needed to make the name legitimate.

12) I agreed, and asked my parents, who did not allow me to change my name to "Adam Levine."

13) I asked my parents if I could drop out of high school, to pursue my music career, which they also said "no" to.

14) I forgot about it all, almost entirely, until I heard, in 2004, This Love at a strip joint in Anaheim, California.

15) I think I'm willing to forgive Maroon5, if they correct the record on their end, and agree to pay me.

16) During the course of this year (2005), I've been dredging up my recollections of my old music career activities of many years ago, and trying to figure out how to protect my intellectual property rights (related to my music). Since I can't afford a lawyer, it's practically hopeless for me. Lawyers are selfish; they wouldn't want to take on my case, on my behalf.

17) Something like over twenty years ago (I didn't make a note of the exact date), I composed Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day) and American Idiot (Green Day), in my head, and asked Madonna to put down Boulevard of Broken Dreams on paper for me, which she accomplished back then. If Green Day corrects the record on their end, and agrees to pay me, I think I'm willing to forgive them.

18) I composed American Idiot in my head, in the presence of some of Madonna's people, in her studio of then. They performed it in front of me, as I gave voice to how it goes (sounds).

19) I hate to say anything bad about Madonna. I still respect Madonna, but I have to say what I have to say about her. I think I'm willing to forgive Madonna, et al, if she, and whoever else involved, would make a reasonable effort to make good on their conflict-of-interest situation with me. In part, at least, here are some of the issues:

a) I created the name "Mirwais Ahmadzäi," for myself, for music I worked on with Madonna, back in the 1970s.

b) Madonna effectively gave away credit for some of the music of my composing, by even giving away pseudonyms that I created.

c) "Stent" was another name I made up in conjunction with Madonna, but Madonna told me, back then, that she was going to give that name to one of her other guys. I didn't argue that particular point.

d) I composed Nothing Fails myself, mostly in Fullerton, and did some finishing touches on it in Hollywood, on Sunset Bl., in the presence of the Madonna crowd, in the 1970s. I think the guy going by the name, "Stent," probably started going by that name, "Stent," afterwards. It's difficult to recall, at this time, when exactly that name came into being.

e) I composed Borderline, on her first album, in my head, in the 1970s. I started composing Borderline while riding a bicycle, and continued composing it later. I didn't keep a record as to exact dates of that.

f) I composed other music on her first album.

g) I'm truly sorry we've had differences, Madonna. We need to work it out, Madonna. I've been trying to believe I love you, Madonna, but you haven't let it be entirely easy, Madonna. Most of my life, so far, has been destroyed in the midst of all this, my Madonna.

20) The information on this page is extremely accurate, to the best of my knowledge and belief.

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