SERPENTS DEN
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You'll have to post some pics up after if you wrap your van with that photo, sounds cool.
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Google Adsense ad revenue for December, 2025 was just $30 over the cost of the lease for the server running this site. So, in effect, the money providing the incentive for me to continue running this site is coming SOLELY from the paid memberships and sponsorships here. Which honestly ain't much....
Bad Guy Justin Bailey - Fat Frogs - using others pics on his website
- Thread starter TheFragginDragon
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You'll have to post some pics up after if you wrap your van with that photo, sounds cool.
TheFragginDragon
New member
Well, my attempt to get the hosting site to act on the copyright infringements went nowhere. Got this email from them explaining why.
Dear Webs User,
Thank you for contacting Webs Corporation ("Webs "). Webs respects the intellectual property rights of others and we would be pleased to take action pursuant to the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") and/or Webs established polices and procedures to assist you in the protection of the intellectual property rights held by you or your client.
However, your recent correspondence was insufficient to constitute an effective Notification of Infringement ("NOI") within the meaning of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") and/or as required by Webs policy. The elements required for an effective NOI, and the contact information for submitting a NOI to Webs , are set forth below.
Please be aware that you may submit a NOI in response to this e-mail. To be effective within the meaning of the DMCA, a NOI must contain substantially the following:
1. A description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property
that you claim has been infringed;
2. A description of the location where the material that you claim is infringing is located;
3. A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the reported use is not authorized by the copyright or intellectual property owner, its agent, or the law;
4. Your address, telephone number, and, if available, e-mail address;
5. A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner's behalf; and
6. An electronic or physical signature by the person making the submission (i.e., you or such other person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright holder). If the submission is made electronically, to satisfy the signature requirement please designate the electronic signature by typing a forward slash before and after the name of the authorized person making the submission (e.g., /Jane Doe/) and follow this electronic signature with the typed name of the person. For example:
/Jane Doe/
Jane Doe
This format is intended to represent a signature and typed name as is customarily found within the signature block of business correspondence transmitted in hard copy.
Once Webs has received a NOI containing each of the required elements detailed above, Webs will expeditiously proceed to process your request.
We wish to thank you in advance for your cooperation and assistance. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or we can further assist you in this matter.
Best Regards,
Webs
Apparently I have to be the injured party (or a representative of said injured party) in order to make a claim, even though I provided clear links and screenshots of the copyrighted material. Oh well, hopefully those who's work was stolen will be able to do something about it.
Dear Webs User,
Thank you for contacting Webs Corporation ("Webs "). Webs respects the intellectual property rights of others and we would be pleased to take action pursuant to the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") and/or Webs established polices and procedures to assist you in the protection of the intellectual property rights held by you or your client.
However, your recent correspondence was insufficient to constitute an effective Notification of Infringement ("NOI") within the meaning of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") and/or as required by Webs policy. The elements required for an effective NOI, and the contact information for submitting a NOI to Webs , are set forth below.
Please be aware that you may submit a NOI in response to this e-mail. To be effective within the meaning of the DMCA, a NOI must contain substantially the following:
1. A description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property
that you claim has been infringed;
2. A description of the location where the material that you claim is infringing is located;
3. A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the reported use is not authorized by the copyright or intellectual property owner, its agent, or the law;
4. Your address, telephone number, and, if available, e-mail address;
5. A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner's behalf; and
6. An electronic or physical signature by the person making the submission (i.e., you or such other person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright holder). If the submission is made electronically, to satisfy the signature requirement please designate the electronic signature by typing a forward slash before and after the name of the authorized person making the submission (e.g., /Jane Doe/) and follow this electronic signature with the typed name of the person. For example:
/Jane Doe/
Jane Doe
This format is intended to represent a signature and typed name as is customarily found within the signature block of business correspondence transmitted in hard copy.
Once Webs has received a NOI containing each of the required elements detailed above, Webs will expeditiously proceed to process your request.
We wish to thank you in advance for your cooperation and assistance. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or we can further assist you in this matter.
Best Regards,
Webs
Apparently I have to be the injured party (or a representative of said injured party) in order to make a claim, even though I provided clear links and screenshots of the copyrighted material. Oh well, hopefully those who's work was stolen will be able to do something about it.
ForkedTung
Serpent Mound Monk
Looks like his website is down.
offroad537
New member
you can take pictures off othe peoples site if they dont have the circle with the R in the middle. theres nothing in the laws saying you cant take it inless they say it or have the R with the circle around it.
morph evolution
Well-known member
well that sucks
ForkedTung
Serpent Mound Monk
" Berne copyright convention. For example, in the USA, almost everything created privately and originally after April 1, 1989 is copyrighted and protected whether it has a notice or not. "
http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-fairuse.html
http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92appj.html
Berne Convention:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Literary_and_Artistic_Works
http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-fairuse.html
http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92appj.html
Berne Convention:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Literary_and_Artistic_Works
cinderbird
Dances with geckos
Actually, there is. All photographs are copyright the original photographer. Taking them and redistributing them without permission is copyright infringement.
As a photographer this is something that really NEEDS to be stopped. Want to use someone elses pics? Ask permission. If they say yes, follow their requirements. If they say no? accept it and move on.
Someone elses hard work is not there for anyone to profit from without permission.
cinderbird
Dances with geckos
for some reason I can't edit my post.. the (r) is a trademark I'm pretty sure, that is something ENTIRELY different than (c) which is copyright. They apply to two completely different things.
offroad537
New member
im taking a web class right now. you dont have to ask the person who had the picture if you can use it. there no way in hell thats agast the law.
polasian
New member
ForkedTung
Serpent Mound Monk
Polasian is right!
Did you even bother to read anything that has been posted? It is not so simple as having a little "circle with the R in the middle" which is akin to a trademark so the registered mark wouldn't apply in this situation anyways. Copyrights are for pictures, those laws would apply. Either your prof. is mistaken or you're not paying attention. Making these false claims publicly could get someone in trouble, check your facts before you attempt to post again.
Mister Internet
New member
Your professor should be fired. It's been against the law to use ANY WORK produced by ANYONE since 1976, regardless of copyright notifications. Copyright is an inherent attribute of all digital photos, it exists whether you acknowledge it or not. And funny enough, exists whether the person that owns it puts "Copyright" on it.
What community college was this again?