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Re: copyright violation
Andy Alpern 2004-Jul-31 15:35:00
That's messed up! Does anyone know if these people have more sites out
there...?
peace,
andy
Golem Productions
http://golemproductions.com
On Jul 31, 2004, at 2:49 AM, G. Donald Bain wrote:
> For those of you not on the #removed#, I will give a
> brief summary of some interesting developments earlier today.
>
> Alex Makienko tipped me that a site was using over 200 of my
> panoramas.
> Sure enough, there they were:
> ????? http://www.aboutcanada.info/Panoramas/
>
> Of course I had never given permission, or received any payment. The
> site owners are in Israel, but the hosting company is in the U.S. Alex
> contacted the owners (in Russian!), I contacted the ISP.
>
> The ISP at first tried to stonewall me and told me to come back with a
> cease and desist order from a judge. But then they did a quick about
> face and the CEO personally assured me that they do not allow
> copyright
> violations.
>
> The site is now gone (but I am going to check again tomorrow).
> Probably
> taken down by its owners (thanks to Alex), but if it comes back with
> illegal material we expect the ISP to shut it down.
>
> Protecting your copyright on the web is not easy, but we must keep
> trying. Most violators are small timers, and many do it out of
> ignorance. We have some major allies -- two of the leaders in this
> field are the Vatican (their library and art collections) and Playboy
> magazine. What a team.
>
> If you see panoramas from the WWP events on any site other than
> GeoImages, FullScreenQTVR, or WHTour, let me know. If it goes beyond
> "fair use" news and review we will certainly do something about it.
>
> Don
>
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