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Title: This did not sit well with me...worth reading
Post by: Robert Krausankas (BuddhaPi) on March 17, 2012, 11:39:25 AM

Vancouver’s dating website PlentyofFish.com sued over photo of dead US soldier

Vancouver online dating service PlentyofFish.com has been sued by the family of an American soldier whose photo appeared in an ad on the dating website four years after he was killed in Iraq.

The lawsuit filed in Dallas alleges that PlentyofFish.com and the Dallas-based True.com used a photo of Peter Burks,  a Second Lieutenant in the US army, without permission.

http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2012/02/29/vancouvers-dating-website-plentyoffish-com-sued-over-photo-of-dead-us-soldier/

Title: Re: This did not sit well with me...worth reading
Post by: SoylentGreen on March 17, 2012, 02:08:48 PM

This is a very relevant post, and of great interest to the forum.

I don't like that the news article says specifically that Canada has an equivalent of the US' DMCA.
This is not true at all, and is an assumption on the part of many.  Additionally, it should not be confused with the "privacy act".

I won't repost links here, but Canada has been working on a DMCA-like provision for several years (referred to as "notify-notify").
But, it hasn't been passed into law as yet.

S.G.