It really is so simple
if it is not YOURS, Do not publish it
SOMETIMES EVENTS SIMPLY DEFY DESCRIPTION!
At RainCamp in DC last Wednesday, while having a lovely conversation with a friendly agent I've known "remotely" from ActiveRain for a few years, we were interrupted by a person who introduced himself to me.
I held out my hand to give him a friendly hand shake, which he ignored. Oops! After a morning of hugs and handshakes from ActiveRain members, this cold stare said to me that something was different.
ALERT! . . . ALERT! UNFRIENDLY AURA NEAR?
He introduced himself and I immediately recognized the name of his company.
"I'm "so and so" with "such and such real estate". I had to pay you $10,000 for copyright . . . . ."
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?? I now knew that he didn't intend a friendly conversation. Fernando was politely standing by. So I just said. . . .
"THANKS FOR THE CONTRIBUTION."
Not satisfied, he continued with something like"Everybody else is satisfied to have their XXXXX removed, but not you . . . . . . ."
At which time, I just turned away and Fernando, always the gentleman, and I continued our conversation. The angry man left.
HOWEVER, WHAT HE SAID WAS MEMORABLE. "Everybody else is satisfied to have their XXXXX removed"
BINGO!
When a competitor is caught red handed with my copyright protected property included in the content of their web site, my procedure is NOT to ask them to "TAKE IT DOWN". My procedure is to send the "evidence" to my attorney and he does what he does very well. He collects damages for copyright infringement.
HERE'S THE QUESTION. If the angry man was at ActiveRain camp, it would appear that he is a member. Wouldn't it follow that, before using my map images on his web pages, he'd read my ActiveRain content of which there are almost 40 posts about copyright. One thing that is consistent, when an infringement is discovered, there is no request to "take it down", as he said others do.
My posts about copyright on ActiveRain is "notice" to folks that I proceed when copyright infringement is detected.
Courtesy, Lenn Harley, Broker, Homefinders.com, 800-711-7988.
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Thanks for re-posting this. Always good information for all of us here in the Rain and elsewhere.
Thank you for the re-post, important food for thought, your efforts are appericated.
If one chooses to run the risk of a copyright infringement and they get caught they are to pay and he did. Time to cowboy up and take the penalty.