As submitted to the Federal Government by Peermusic to claim ownership of songs by Guillermo Venegas, without the author suspecting.
The question is, is faking signatures without a power
of attorney a crime?
1. In 1952 Guillermo Venegas signed a contract assigning unnamed songs to Peermusic. The contract has a power of attorney clause. The contract power of attorney clause is invalid, as the contract was never notarized. Without notarization a power of attorney is not valid enywhere.
2. Peermusic filed 8 song assignment contracts (which Guillermo Venegas
never saw and was, surely, unaware of, without the
author suspecting) at the copyright Office, whereby a Peermusic
employee (or agent) signed for Guillermo Venegas using an alleged power
of attorney (which did not really exist).
| Here is an example of a fake signature:
Signature on "Cuando me vaya" assignment document: 
Notes: 1. Guillermo Venegas was never known to sign "William". 2. Per Peer, GVL assigned this song in 1964 (21 years before?). Here is another example of a fake signature:
Here is another example of a fake signature:
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This is the real GVL signature
Here is another example of real GVL signature:
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These are the "assignment" dates and songs and the Peer document number, all of which have FAKE signatures written under an illegal power of attorney:
Date Song
Peermusic (Doc No.)
9-6-85 Cuando me vaya (0044)
12-21-81 Dejame que te diga (0049)
12-21-81 No te vayas asi (0049)
7-9-76 Mas alla (0067)
6-23-83 Por el camino (0079)
6-23-83 Una cancion (0079)
6-2-80 Cien mil corazones (0100)
6-2-80 Una cancion (0199)
Interesting: Per the documents, the songs were assigned (except for for the song "Mas alla", which was actually assigned to Peer in 1947) over 28 years after the date (1952) that Peermusic claimed in court that Guillermo Venegas assigned the songs.
Conclusion: Without a power of attorney, no one could sign a contract on behalf of Guillermo Venegas. Therefore Peermusic uses invalid Guillermo Venegas signatures to assign themselves Guillermo Venegas songs, without the author suspecting.
Power of attorney:
Such power can only be used to favor and protect the interests of the
giver of the power. Under no conditions should a person having a power
of attorney from Guillermo Venegas use the power to assign a Guillermo
Venegas song to Peermusic because Peermusic had been a total failure in
the managing of Guillermo Venegas songs. For example, Peermusic has never
ben known to licensed a new recording of for a Guillermo Venegas song allegedly
assigned to Peermusic. Peermusic has collected royalties on a very few
very old recordings. See:
The incredible Venegas songs earning report for about 50 years:
Average earnings = $1.00 per song per year.. Yes, a total Peermusic
failure. On the other hand, one song alone, "Desde que te marchaste"
has earned over $300,000 since GVL Inc. since the children of Guillermo
Venegas have owned the song.