Photographer Threatened With Legal Action After Asserting His Copyright

Posted by Soulskill on Friday May 25, 2012 @05:45AM 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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unworkable business model by Anonymous Coward · 2012-05-25 06:00 · Score: 0, Redundant

If your business model is based on artificial scarcity in the world of nearly free copying of information, you need a new business model. You are making the same mistake as the RIAA.
Re:How by LifesABeach · 2012-05-25 06:44 · Score: 1, Redundant

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