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Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm has been arrested in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh
http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-founder-arrested-in-cambodia-120901/


Obama Ambassador In Cambodia On Day Pirate Bay Founder Was Arrested
http://torrentfreak.com/obama-ambassador-in-cambodia-on-day-pirate-bay-founder-was-arrested-120903/


Pirate Bay Founder Will Be Deported, Cambodian Authorities Confirm
http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-founder-will-be-deported-cambodian-authorities-confirm-120804/


S.G.


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Swedish police Warn Internet Users Not To Pay Fines To File-Sharing Fraudsters

At this early stage it is not exactly clear how the scam operates, but it is believed that Internet users browsed a website set up by criminals which had the ability to gather information from their phones.
 
After visiting the site, victims reported receiving an SMS followed up by a mailed cash demand from Arcad World Corp., a company registered at a post office box in Stockholm.
 
“You have downloaded copyrighted porn. Soon you will receive a civil claim. We ask you to pay it so that your illegal activity will not be a police matter. According to Swedish law, it is your duty to find out if the movies can be downloaded or not,” the scammers explain.
 
Victims are then told to send amounts between 90 and 195 euros to an account held at the Valartis Bank in Liechtenstein.

http://torrentfreak.com/police-warn-internet-users-not-to-pay-fines-to-file-sharing-fraudsters-120818/

S.G.


18
Demonoid Torrent Site Busted As A Gift To The United States Government

"A source inside the Interior Ministry has informed Kommersant that the raid on Demonoid was timed to coincide with the very first trip of Deputy Prime Minister Valery Khoroshkovsky‘s trip to the United States.  On the agenda: copyright infringement. Ukraine had promised the United States that it would improve its attitude and efforts towards enforcing copyright and no doubt its Western partner will be very pleased indeed that Demonoid’s head has been presented on a platter."

http://torrentfreak.com/demonoid-busted-as-a-gift-to-the-united-states-government-120806/


Demonoid Operators Face Criminal Investigation in Mexico

Following the news yesterday that Demonoid had been shut down by Ukrainian police, today brings further woes for the site. According to a source at the site’s former webhost, the owners of Demonoid are now the subject of a criminal investigation and prosecution in Mexico after one of the site’s admins was arrested there last year.

http://torrentfreak.com/demonoid-operators-face-criminal-investigation-in-mexico-120807/

S.G.


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Sorry if this had been mentioned before, but I think that this is of interest.

We've talked about the "(Tony) Stone Collection" many times on the forum.
It's believed that this group of images constitutes one of Getty's stronger suits in regard to legal standing.
Additionally, it's been stated by more than one person that this collection was sold as royalty free, but was then moved into rights managed territory.

If one refers to the Getty vs Advernet complaint at:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/81920643/Getty-Images-vs-Advernet-Complaint



One can see that several "Stone Collection" images were part of the complaint.
Since this case was a loss for Getty, I think that we can say with some confidence that the "stone Collection" never had much legal weight at all.

Things could change in the future, of course.
However, I thought that I'd point this out in case anyone missed it.

S.G.



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Will we be able to "download" a gun" in the near future?

"An American gunsmith has become the first person to construct and shoot a pistol partly made out of plastic, 3D-printed parts. The creator, user HaveBlue from the AR-15 forum, has reportedly fired 200 rounds with his part-plastic pistol without any sign of wear and tear."

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/133514-the-worlds-first-3d-printed-gun

S.G.


21
Righthaven Lawsuits Forum / Righthaven vs. Steve Gibson?
« on: July 23, 2012, 11:40:20 PM »
Righthaven vs. Steve Gibson?
'on Monday, she formally notified Gibson and his wife, Raisha "Drizzle" Gibson, chief operating officer of Righthaven, that they had been terminated "from any position with Righthaven."'

'In a letter to Gibson, Pearson said she has placed him on notice that the company she claims to control, Righthaven, "will be taking legal action against you for your ultra vires acts (acts he lacked authority to take) as well as for claims of legal malpractice, which led the company to its current state."'

http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2012/jun/25/righthaven-receiver-moves-fire-ceo-steven-gibson/

S.G.


22
Megaupload judge quits case after inflammatory comment

"At a recent conference on copyright, Judge David Harvey stated, "we have met the enemy and he is US," a reference to tough US intellectual property policy. Critics argued that the statement called his impartiality into question, and the judge apparently agreed."

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/07/megaupload-judge-quits-case-after-inflammatory-comment/

S.G.


23
Question for readers here:

Is anybody actually considering paying a settlement to Getty Images or Masterfile now that both have lost major court cases based on legal standing?

S.G.


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Getty Images Letter Forum / New Topic: "ELI After Dark"
« on: July 12, 2012, 11:45:51 PM »
New Topic: "ELI After Dark"




S.G.


25
Supreme Court ruling scraps royalty for music downloads

Canadians were subject to an extra royalty that applied only to online purchases of music and video games containing music.
Additionally, a special royalty was levied when a song was previewed on a site like iTunes.

In a Supreme Court ruling these charges have been removed from these and other media as well:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/07/12/pol-supreme-court-copyright-rulings.html

Other issues include textbooks and movies.

S.G.


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Just a small tidbit here.  But, it fits in nicely with the recent Picscout herp-a-derp.

"I remembered PicScout and the ImageExhange plug-in and thought that would be a great tool we could use to find copyright infringements.  So off I went and loaded my plug-in and just when I thought it couldn't get any worse, it did!  Those thieving little scammers at Pinterest have gone and fiddled with their code again, this time to avoid any infringements being picked up by PicScout, which is now owned by Getty."

http://www.microstockgroup.com/general-stock-discussion/pinterest-getty-picscout-interesting!/

Anyone else heard anything about this?

S.G.


27
Canadian beer company learns harsh lesson in social media after legal threat
http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/05/magnotta-photo-flap-labatt-learns-a-harsh-lesson-in-social-media/

Labatt Breweries quickly learned a brutal lesson in social media marketing and PR after a legal threat against the Montreal Gazette, over the paper’s use of a photo depicting accused killer Luka Magnotta holding a bottle of Blue, transformed into a Twitter backlash mocking the beer company.

S.G.


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Noted professional photographer and expert legal witness Sedlik comments on copyright infringements.

The name “Jeff Sedlik” may ring a bell to you.  If not, you should know that he’s quite well known, teaches and is a professional expert legal witness in all things copyright.
Therefore, I feel that you take what he says quite seriously.
http://www.photographyexpertwitness.com/
http://www.jazzandbluesmasters.com/Sedlik.htm


I found some comments of his on a blog that I feel will surely be of great interest to readers of the forum:
"You may not mix published and unpublished images in the same registration, so ganging up all of your images onto a single 5 times a year is a mistake that may result in the loss of the remedies gained by registration. You must also separate your published images by year of first publication, so images published in December must be separately registered from images published in the following month."

He goes on:
"If your matter proceeds to court and does not settle, expect expenses – not including your attorney’s fees – to fall into the range of $25,000 to $250,000 or more, over a 2-5 year period of discovery, trial and appeals. There is no guarantee that you will prevail, even if you are in the right. There is no guarantee that your damages will exceed your costs or that your costs will be reimbursed, even if you have a solid copyright registration. Expect that all of your income statements, estimates, invoices and licensing records will be subpoenaed by the infringer and will be used to demonstrate the value you routinely have placed on your own work over time. Not for the weak of heart."

And:
“…if more than one image is infringed from a compilation, such as a book, calendar or website, statutory damages are limited to a single award, as if only one image had been infringed, even if thousands of images were infringed.”

Sedlik also speaks of protections for photographs and states the potential penalties that infringements can result in.  I think that he’s credible, and his words have a balanced approach here.
You can read his posting on this blog (scroll down), the owner of the blog itself it quite aggressive and outspoken and I not agree with his recommended approaches:
http://www.jeremynicholl.com/blog/2011/06/13/the-10-rules-of-us-copyright-infringement/

Note that Carolyn Wright chimes in, along with a not-so-subtle plug by "Copyright Services International" who gets their facts wrong and is corrected by Sedlik.

S.G.

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Getty Images Letter Forum / List of ethical microstock companies
« on: May 23, 2012, 05:44:44 PM »
I recall that a list of "ethical" stock art companies was posted a liitle ways back.
I might need some photos, and I don't mind paying...
I just don't want my money used to make threatening letters (which destroys our forests)... lol.

If someone could provide a link, that would be great.
Also, anyone have any experience with Shutterstock?

Thanks in advance,

S.G.


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Getty Images Letter Forum / Tejas Research, LLC v. Getty Images
« on: May 22, 2012, 04:31:00 PM »
Tejas Research, LLC v. Getty Images

Patent lawsuit:

http://www.scribd.com/priorsmart/d/92199057-Tejas-Research-v-Getty-Images-et-al

"7.  Plaintiff is the owner by assignment of United States Patent No. 6,006,231 (“the’231 Patent”) entitled “File format for an image including multiple versions of an image, and related system and method.” A true and correct copy of the ’231 Patent is attached as Exhibit A."

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Tejas seems to have filed several similar suits on May,2 and 3, 2012...

May 2:
•Tejas Research v. Vivid Entertainment Group et al Case No. 6:12-cv-00296
•Tejas Research v. Playboy Enterprises Inc. et al Case No. 6:12-cv-00299
•Tejas Research v. Walgreen Co. et al Case No. 6:12-cv-00300
•Tejas Research v. Getty Images Inc. et al Case No. 6:12-cv-00301

May 3
•Tejas Research v. LFP Internet Group Case No. 6:12-cv-00302
•Tejas Research v. The Neiman-Marcus Group Inc. et al Case No. 6:12-cv-00303
•Tejas Research v. Academy Ltd. d/b/a Academy Sports Outdoors d/b/a Academy Sports and Outdoors et al Case No. 6:12-cv-00304

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Here's the patent... a Canadian connection...?

http://www.scribd.com/priorsmart/d/92107910-File-format-for-an-image-including-multiple-versions-of-an-image-and-related-system-and-method-US-patent-6006231

S.G.


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