A website has stolen from me, what do I do?
23 February 2005, 08:46 PM
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A website has stolen from me, what do I do?
This is the score. A certain website has stolen images from my houseparties and put them up on their website and claimed copyright.
I'm not interested in money, I just want them to take them down, however, repeated requests in the form of emails have been ignored.
any advice on what I can do? They have put them up there to laugh at them and I'm not happy about the comments that are being assocaited with my houseparty yet I am a little in the dark about what I can do.
Any suggestions, legal or otherwise
would be very welcome. Primarily to do with forcing them to take the images down if possible.
Many thanks in advance,
astraboy.
I'm not interested in money, I just want them to take them down, however, repeated requests in the form of emails have been ignored.
any advice on what I can do? They have put them up there to laugh at them and I'm not happy about the comments that are being assocaited with my houseparty yet I am a little in the dark about what I can do.
Any suggestions, legal or otherwise
would be very welcome. Primarily to do with forcing them to take the images down if possible.Many thanks in advance,
astraboy.
23 February 2005, 08:48 PM
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Talk to their ISP - tell them the website is breaking copyright. Might be worth a try. Should be able to find out the ISP, by tracing the IP address.
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It's not 100% clear from your post: are they photos that you have personally taken, or are they pictures of an event you're involved with but actually taken by someone else?
23 February 2005, 09:14 PM
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photos taken by someone else, of an event I run and have worked hard to promote and dont want associated with this site.
I also know the photographer and he has not given his permission either.
The ISP trace sounds like a good idea though, how do I go about it?
astraboy.
I also know the photographer and he has not given his permission either.
The ISP trace sounds like a good idea though, how do I go about it?
astraboy.
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Originally Posted by astraboy
photos taken by someone else, of an event I run and have worked hard to promote and dont want associated with this site.
I also know the photographer and he has not given his permission either.
The ISP trace sounds like a good idea though, how do I go about it?
astraboy.
I also know the photographer and he has not given his permission either.
The ISP trace sounds like a good idea though, how do I go about it?
astraboy.
Whoever has copyright should then pursue the website (as you are already doing), and also contact their ISP as Chris mentioned. You should be able to do a search on, eg Easyspace.com/co.uk to see who owns the website, and where it's hosted.
Once this is established, plead copyright and threaten legal action against the website owners AND the ISP. Give them a 'reasonable' time to remove the images, and don't hesitate to carry out your threat.
Indicate that you will also hold them responsible for your costs and any damage to reputation you may suffer as a result of the unauthorised use....
24 February 2005, 12:38 AM
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[QUOTE=Harry_Boy]
Whoever has copyright should then pursue the website (as you are already doing), and also contact their ISP as Chris mentioned. You should be able to do a search on, eg Easyspace.com/co.uk to see who owns the website, and where it's hosted.
QUOTE]
that easyspace.com is a great way of findin out info !!
Whoever has copyright should then pursue the website (as you are already doing), and also contact their ISP as Chris mentioned. You should be able to do a search on, eg Easyspace.com/co.uk to see who owns the website, and where it's hosted.
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that easyspace.com is a great way of findin out info !!
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Astraboy, I work for an ISP, if you wanna send me the details of the website in question, specifically the address of the page, I'll see what I can do, Should be able to get you all the info you need to lodge a formal complaint with the right people.
Send me a PM.
Send me a PM.
25 February 2005, 02:45 PM
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I've posted on their public forum giving them 48 hours to take them down.
All the ***** are ripping into me for it, but I dont care, at least he's pretty much guaranteed to see it so I will see what happens. If he doesnt then is ISP time
astraboy.
All the ***** are ripping into me for it, but I dont care, at least he's pretty much guaranteed to see it so I will see what happens. If he doesnt then is ISP time
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