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Hawaiian Letters & Lawsuits Forum / Re: Vincent K Tylor rears his ugly troll head...again
« on: February 05, 2014, 02:34:49 AM »
I saw the question asked a in Dec 2012 if Vincent has been sending out demand letters again. I can verify that he has, and it's the same MO as all the previous comments describe. Image available on free wallpaper sites, image ends up posted somewhere, it's shared/pinned and then demand letter arrives.
One thing to note on Pinterest, just because their TOS is a contract, doesn't mean it's law. The Pinterest Business TOS state business profiles are responsible for liability of pins and re-pins, doesn't mean that agreement can be applied or adopted by a 3rd party. When you apply copyright law to all of these cases, these images can almost be put under the abandonment clause—putting a photo on a free wallpaper site is like putting out a stack of photos on the street and then suing because people take them.
Scary thing is these companies' lawyers are actually settling out of court!! And I'm talking right now.
Does anyone have recent information or experiences they are willing to share to help put an end to this roach of a person? I like the idea of a class action lawsuit.
One thing to note on Pinterest, just because their TOS is a contract, doesn't mean it's law. The Pinterest Business TOS state business profiles are responsible for liability of pins and re-pins, doesn't mean that agreement can be applied or adopted by a 3rd party. When you apply copyright law to all of these cases, these images can almost be put under the abandonment clause—putting a photo on a free wallpaper site is like putting out a stack of photos on the street and then suing because people take them.
Scary thing is these companies' lawyers are actually settling out of court!! And I'm talking right now.
Does anyone have recent information or experiences they are willing to share to help put an end to this roach of a person? I like the idea of a class action lawsuit.