And as an attorney and someone who publishes stuff herself, she should know that every work is subject to copyright, and that if she can't see where someone has granted her license to use it without asking, she can safely assume that running off with it and using it as part of her own material is infringement, plain and simple.
Especially as she is running Wordpress with a plugin which protects her writing from copyright infringements herself!
From the source:
!-- Copyright protection script by daveligthart.com --
That said, this is a clear example of the problems with the DMCA. Had the photographer contacted the website admin and requested the picture be taken down or permissions be negotiated before submitting a formal takedown, this whole situation may have been avoided (depending on just how crazy the woman is).
You know how much time is spend on trying to reach each and every website owner who is infringing on your copyright if you have a couple of hundred pictures being used by them? Following up on all these request can be a timely manner, where the DMCA just is a time saver for the right holder.
I've been through the former a couple of times, and have website owners changed their credit to me fairly easily in a couple of times. However, the majority of the times you are confronted with a snarky email or no response at all. I even had a magazine claiming the copyright through their T&C's, while the picture had a clear watermark. After I contacted them with an invoice, they laughed it off. So I'm still working to take them to the cleaners.
No, I think that Jay Lee had every right to send the DMCA request.
Even more, as a green card holder, you also need to file taxes over your global income when you don't live in the US anymore. This does not only applies to US citizens!
However, it's much easier to renounce a green card than citizenship.
The Add under the article leads to a site wrapping Gimp with Crapware, toolbars and other installers.
here is a screenshot of the ad, don't download it from Download-nation.com!
All this means is that I will never again sign into my Google accounts in my browser. You can't give me screwed up results if you don't know who I am. If it gets too much worse, I'm probably just going to bail altogether. Thanks, Google.
They will already have:
- a cookie on your computer, so Google knows who you are
- you have a toolbar installed, so Google knows who you are
- you are using Chrome, so Google knows who you are
- you are searching on an android device, so Google knows who you are
It's all about the data..!!
In so many arguments I hear: "But Google is open, they are providing a useful service to the customer".
Just read this really great article: http://www.seobook.com/transparency and judge for yourself how open Google is.
The reason the EU anti-trust commission is interested in Google, is because of abuse of dominant power in one industry, entering and killing off competition in another industry through free- or predatory pricing.
But wouldn't the cost of building the equipment to capture one of these puppies be much higher than what the materials bring up?
I cannot even imagine how you would be able to capture one asteroid traveling a couple thousand M/hr in space.
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I'm going to have to see a birth certificate to validate your UID.
You want tax returns with that birth certificate too..?
Made it to Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/xwez2/id_give_kfc_a_miss_over_the_next_few_weeks_if_i/
And as an attorney and someone who publishes stuff herself, she should know that every work is subject to copyright, and that if she can't see where someone has granted her license to use it without asking, she can safely assume that running off with it and using it as part of her own material is infringement, plain and simple.
Especially as she is running Wordpress with a plugin which protects her writing from copyright infringements herself! From the source: !-- Copyright protection script by daveligthart.com --
That said, this is a clear example of the problems with the DMCA. Had the photographer contacted the website admin and requested the picture be taken down or permissions be negotiated before submitting a formal takedown, this whole situation may have been avoided (depending on just how crazy the woman is).
You know how much time is spend on trying to reach each and every website owner who is infringing on your copyright if you have a couple of hundred pictures being used by them? Following up on all these request can be a timely manner, where the DMCA just is a time saver for the right holder. I've been through the former a couple of times, and have website owners changed their credit to me fairly easily in a couple of times. However, the majority of the times you are confronted with a snarky email or no response at all. I even had a magazine claiming the copyright through their T&C's, while the picture had a clear watermark. After I contacted them with an invoice, they laughed it off. So I'm still working to take them to the cleaners. No, I think that Jay Lee had every right to send the DMCA request.
Even more, as a green card holder, you also need to file taxes over your global income when you don't live in the US anymore. This does not only applies to US citizens! However, it's much easier to renounce a green card than citizenship.
The Add under the article leads to a site wrapping Gimp with Crapware, toolbars and other installers. here is a screenshot of the ad, don't download it from Download-nation.com!
All this means is that I will never again sign into my Google accounts in my browser. You can't give me screwed up results if you don't know who I am. If it gets too much worse, I'm probably just going to bail altogether. Thanks, Google.
They will already have: - a cookie on your computer, so Google knows who you are - you have a toolbar installed, so Google knows who you are - you are using Chrome, so Google knows who you are - you are searching on an android device, so Google knows who you are It's all about the data..!!
In so many arguments I hear: "But Google is open, they are providing a useful service to the customer". Just read this really great article: http://www.seobook.com/transparency and judge for yourself how open Google is. The reason the EU anti-trust commission is interested in Google, is because of abuse of dominant power in one industry, entering and killing off competition in another industry through free- or predatory pricing.
I want to ask slashdot what kind of clothes I should wear.
"Pants are optional..."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neoUi4poCXI
Speaking of doomed, wasn't someone predicting the end of the world on October 25th?
And that "someone" has dissapeared. At the same time, the rapture has been postponed to December 24th 2012.
But wouldn't the cost of building the equipment to capture one of these puppies be much higher than what the materials bring up? I cannot even imagine how you would be able to capture one asteroid traveling a couple thousand M/hr in space.
Only 1% of websites get all search engine traffic. The rest of us, 99%, has to deal with scraps..