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Does anyone else find it ironic that the actual infringer's sites [ http://chicksandpolitics.com/ , http://atty4kids.org/ ] have an anti-right-click script that produces a smarmy message about respecting copyrights?

Now there is an update related to this the (presumably) to the story getting posted on slashdot
http://chicksandpolitics.com/chronicle-hacker-lies-lies-lies-yeah/

And now here are the excerpts from the Frozen page as that too now appears to have been deleted by the submitter :

Original blogpost from Jay Lees site:

Protecting My Copyright

***EDIT***
I have receive a notification from Candice Schwager of her intent to sue me for for âoelibel, defamation, invasion of privacy, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and seek punitive damages as well as actual, court costs, attorney fees, and interestâ

Even though I donâ(TM)t believe any such suit has any merit in law or fact, I will remove this post in an effort to avoid litigation.

This post will be removed within 24 hours to comply with her request

***EDIT***

This is the story of a photograph I took in July 2008 and the strange waters I have found myself in as I struggle to protect my copyright.

Downtown Houston as seen from the Sabine St. Bridge. I went out one evening and setup my camera gear and took this photo. And as I tend to do, I posted it to my blog to show it off. No big deal. I liked the photo I took of the city I love and I wanted to share it.

Of course sharing photos comes with some drawbacks. By posting my photo to the Internet it is readily available to anyone who might want to appropriate it for their own use. Tracking down those who would do this has become pretty easy using Googleâ(TM)s Image Search and other tools readily available.

On a lark I tried searching to see if this photo might be being used without my permission and was pretty stunned to learn the results.

Page after page after page of search results, each showing a different web site using my photo.

As you might imagine, this did not sit with me too well so I contemplated my options. I decided to file a formal Digital Millennium Copyright Act take-down notice with the providers of any site I found using my image without permission.

I simply took the web address and did a NSLOOKUP to come up with the IP address and then plugged the IP in to ARIN to determine the owner of the site and sent the take-down notice to the email address listed as the abuse contact or I used the DMCA form provided by the host if one was available.

This worked out very well, for the most part. Sites that were using the image either offered to license the photo or simply took it down.

During this process I learned quickly how responsive various hosting providers were to this issue. Facebook, for example, would remove the image in a matter of hours. Other sites would notify their client of the infringement and we would work it out.

The most interesting actions come from GoDaddy. If you file a complaint with GoDaddy and they find your complaint has merit, they will completely disable the site until the matter is resolved.

This has lead to some interesting interactions with web site managers. But thereâ(TM)s one that happened over the last few days I need to tell you about.

One of the sites I found using my image was this one:

A consulting agency specializing in Web marketing, SEO, social media and Web design. A company that (one might think) should know better.

The hosting provider for this site turned out to be GoDaddy and I submitted my DMCA take-down notice and, in less than a day, the site was down.

Then things got REALLY strange. Iâ(TM)ve been berated and attacked by those who claim they have the right to steal my images, but this case truly takes the cake. Itâ(TM)s a lengthy read, but well worth your time if you have ever been the victim of this kind of theft.

It turns out that this site was owned by a woman named Candice Schwager. And not only this site, but a number of other sites (some of which were also using my photo) i

No, she's a terrible person because she wants Newt Gingrich to be President.

http://chicksandpolitics.com/?s=worst+lawyer+ever

I got a hit!

I'm sorry, but... leftist?

http://chicksandpolitics.com/spit-out-the-kool-aid/

That's probably a false positive because it is likely a stock logo. But this picture found on this website of hers is from BBC News.

That's probably a false positive because it is likely a stock logo. But this picture found on this website of hers is from BBC News.

The author of the web site will never have to suffer of the embarassement of claiming ownership of a Pulitzer.

Here's the woman's website, with all the nasty hateful material she posted about the photographer (who retracted the DMCA).

Let's slashdot her:
http://chicksandpolitics.com/

She sounds bat shit crazy.

http://chicksandpolitics.com/

There are pages of this rambling nonsense:
I’m still shell shocked, because it’s pretty clear that Jay Lee was hand picked for crafty weasliness with advanced studies in computer hacking. He also happens to be an amateur photographer at .(drumroll, guess!)Houston Chronicle. A guy like Jay Lee would know how to inflict the most harm with a single shot. So, he did. Read his column and ask yourself: was this guy really clueless as to how host sites carry others and how to I.D. The host, disabling all. Motive? Muddy the Water of an overblown 4 year old set up. Though 4 Judges and the AG found that Garcia improperly withheld exculpatory evidence to terminate Guthrie without cause, Camp Garcia is desperate to poke holes and twist clear facts: Guthie beat him badly 3x. My blogs are the only high. ranked discussions of the Attorney General, 14th Court of Appeals, and Judge Caroline Baker’s rulings. Dillon butchered them, but lacks credibility due to Pittman agenda.

Candice Schwager's blog post is still up at http://chicksandpolitics.com/ and it is hilarious.

Iâ(TM)m still shell shocked, because itâ(TM)s pretty clear that Jay Lee was hand picked for crafty weasliness with advanced studies in computer hacking.

Oh, god, she has YouTube channel, and has a ladyboner for Newt Gingrich: http://www.youtube.com/user/candilaw99

It is my professional opinion as a programmer that this woman is mentally ill and should be disbarred.

on one of her many sites She sound like a b****.