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Geek Wins Copyright Lawsuit Against Corporation
Chris Gregerson writes "I work as a stock photographer/web developer. I saw a photo of mine used in Vilana Financial's full-page phone book ad. They wouldn't pay the licensing fee, and I wrote about it online (mirror). They sued me for defamation, producing a sales agreement signed by one ' Michael Zubitskiy' (who they said took the photo and sold the rights to them). I sued them for copyright infringement, and they added claims against me for trademark infringement, deceptive trade practices, and tortuous interference. There was a trial I'll long remember on the 5th of November, and the judge recently issued her verdict (PDF; mirror). She ruled Vilana Financial forged the sales agreement and willfully infringed my photos, and awarded me $19,462. All claims against me were denied. I represented myself during the litigation."
Actually all three of those shows have high viewer numbers because they do try for factual correctness. CSI does speed things up, and Numb3rs does take some liberties with the math, but for the most part they're pretty accurate.
There are two kinds of fool One says 'This is old therefore good' Another says 'This is new therefore better'- Dean Ing
You have two point of attention, the car lights and the building. They are separated by the grey backs of two large road signs. The car parked in the foreground is bisected by a prominant parking meter. The bottom right hand corner is just a mass of black. This is a snap shot taken with a long shutter time, a wide lense and a tripod, but it's still a snap shot. Spend some time looking through the viewfinder before you hit the button. In this case, find a better vantage point. -- This is a comment on the photo, it has no relavance to the trial, the outcome etc --
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