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Hawaiian Letters & Lawsuits Forum / Re: VKT Aussie Lawsuits
« on: August 05, 2013, 11:25:13 AM »
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Hawaiian Letters & Lawsuits Forum / Re: VKT Lawsuits
« on: August 02, 2013, 06:29:44 PM »
2 more filed by VKT this week. Including Living Social.
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Hawaiian Letters & Lawsuits Forum / Re: VKT Lawsuits
« on: July 31, 2013, 12:16:09 PM »
Thanks Lucia. Yes there is a lot of good material throughout the forum and very helpful when first accosted with this whole scheme.
The thing that also stacks in the aggressor's favor is that it is expensive to go to court. This is a money making scheme for the lawyer too. I believe they take 40-50% of any settlement. All it costs is his time, and with a home based lawyer, they have no overhead. So I think the filing fee is about $400. So they have no costs.
As far as I can tell no-one has proven that he is seeding free wallpaper sites. Though its likely, its speculative. So who would take the time and expense to go and defend that? There is simply no good upside for anyone caught in the trap. From the few conversations I've had, a judge is likely to award the plaintiff and almost worse than that, the legal fees.
The thing that also stacks in the aggressor's favor is that it is expensive to go to court. This is a money making scheme for the lawyer too. I believe they take 40-50% of any settlement. All it costs is his time, and with a home based lawyer, they have no overhead. So I think the filing fee is about $400. So they have no costs.
As far as I can tell no-one has proven that he is seeding free wallpaper sites. Though its likely, its speculative. So who would take the time and expense to go and defend that? There is simply no good upside for anyone caught in the trap. From the few conversations I've had, a judge is likely to award the plaintiff and almost worse than that, the legal fees.
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Hawaiian Letters & Lawsuits Forum / Re: VKT Lawsuits
« on: July 29, 2013, 06:34:40 PM »
Errr, I might know something about this. There was no copyright info added to any images. There is a lot of original content on the site and a general copyright notice.
And as for the ongoing willful use - I have no idea where the the images can be found on the site.
Cropping the copyright info from images: in 2 minutes I can find 10 of the same image with no copyright info on it. And you will find the same images with other copyright markers on them. How would someone even know who the images truly belonged to? And with the images widely available on free wallpaper sites it might be naive (in hindsight) to believe they are free. But not unbelieveable and certainly not a sinister act.
It seems that you can just make whatever accusations you want to exaggerate the reality of the situation.
And as for the ongoing willful use - I have no idea where the the images can be found on the site.
Cropping the copyright info from images: in 2 minutes I can find 10 of the same image with no copyright info on it. And you will find the same images with other copyright markers on them. How would someone even know who the images truly belonged to? And with the images widely available on free wallpaper sites it might be naive (in hindsight) to believe they are free. But not unbelieveable and certainly not a sinister act.
It seems that you can just make whatever accusations you want to exaggerate the reality of the situation.
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