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Photographer Threatened With Legal Action After Asserting His Copyright

Posted by Soulskill on from the picture-of-surprise dept.

New submitter JamieKitson writes "Photographer Jay Lee got more than he bargained for after sending some DMCA takedown notifications out to hosts of sites using one of his pictures. One Candice Shwagger accused him of everything from conspiracy over local sheriff elections to child abuse. Since Candice is now threatening legal action, Jay has said he'll take down the post, so here's a snap shot. After reading the story, I checked for use of my own pictures and found one of them being used on a review site without even a credit."

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  1. How by tsa · · Score: 5, Interesting

    How do I find out who uses my pictures on the internet?

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    1. Re:How by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Local Guthrie supporters know of her and the site, and are not happy about it. I just sent her this anonymously myself:

      As a local Guthrie supporter, I'd appreciate it if you'd refrain from posting wild conspiracy theories on your blog, as your blog can be found when looking for information on Louis Guthrie. I understand you feel hurt, but you do not come off as the victim in your posts, you come off as an unreasonable copyright offender desperately trying to use your own bad situation to paint our opposition in a bad light. As much as I dislike Garcia, I do not believe in spreading lies across the internet about anyone. You are a fool for doing so. Beyond that, your story has been covered on a very popular news site (http://www.slashdot.org/) and has effectively provided more negative publicity (worldwide) than your little blog could possibly make up for. I'll stop short of attacking you for the initial infringement, although I do believe content thieves (such as yourself) are a drain on society and need to be dealt with. I'm sending this email anonymously so as to not be subjected to your attacks, I am no more of a baby-hating conspirator than Jay Lee.

      And I do firmly believe that she's doing more damage than she understands by attacking a man who is not only innocent, but a victim of her actions.

      Captcha: Leftist

  2. Candice Shwagger has more problems now by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Candice Shwagger now that her antics have made the front page of /.

    Its well knows that the weenies on /. have issues with cyberbullies, and a very long memory.

    Its a good thing that nobody here would print that page to PDF and keep it archived and continue to remind the world of her shennigannis for a very long time.

    I think Houston's best marketing attorny is going to be having problems since future clients will call her site into question because she's pladgerizing other peoples work. The Texas Bar association should really know about this, perhaps they will take action and actually end her career.