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Photographer Threatened With Legal Action After Asserting His Copyright
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."
He has a radio show on FM radio. He's less of a nobody than you are.
My AC stalker: " I personally agree with your posts most of the time, but that won't keep me from modding you troll"
She supports Newt. Clearly not Tea Party. But hey, it's fun to characterize an entire group of people based on the words and actions of a single tangentially related individual, isn't it? Makes you feel real superior. Awesome.
With so much overwhelming support for Mr. Lee and so much vitriol against the unstable Ms. Shwagger, there should be at least one voice questioning the matter...
If you read TFA you might note that Jay Lee may have a connection to the political candidate Candice hates so much. You will also note his connection with the newspaper, but not his role (does he or his close associates report on politics?).
We can't really determine from the information he has provided whether there is any ulterior motive for his takedown notice.
He seems to have sent notices to other infringers- but how many? Five or fifty? If five then one might possibly suspect that he was out to get her or the political candidate she supports. He seems surprised that GoDaddy would shut down her sites; but how can we be sure he didn't know?
Not saying it's true, and I admit that he sounds like a reasonable person, but with all the words flying around there is still a shortage of solid information or assurances to defend his innocence.
...omphaloskepsis often...