Getty Images often sends demand letters to people for using images that are in the public domain. They have sent the letters for NASA images and my favorite is they sent a demand letter to Carol Highsmith for her own photographs. She sued Getty Image.
@@consaka1 I googled: her name, getty, lawsuit. You could do that too, silly. Anyhow, Getty dropped the charge of $120 they had been demanding from her. Still, the court agreed with Getty: "Highsmith had no right to claim misuse or infringement, said Getty, because she gave up that right when she donated her images into the public domain." petapixel.com/2016/11/22/1-billion-getty-images-lawsuit-ends-not-bang-whimper/ So I guess if something's in the public domain, someone else can charge you for using it if they want. The final settlement of the case was private but involved only minor issues. I can see this creating TONS of new problems. A ridiculous legal decision IMHO. I own a copy of Huckleberry Finn. Can I now sue all the publishers who have reprinted the book after I bought mine? I mean, it is MINE. (For those who don't know, Huck is in the public domain worldwide.)
My dogs do that sort of thing too, but it's doorbells on TV shows that are really interesting. We haven't had a doorbell for decades, but the trained response has been passed along from one dog to another over the years, starting with the dog that learned to respond to the real doorbell we once had.
I have a friend, another author, who was sued because her book cover was almost identical, using the same stock photo that she had a contract showing she purchased exclusive rights to that photo. The other author's book was published two YEARS after my friend's. It got nasty. Ever since, I have only used, and probably only will use, photos that my professional photographer nephew has taken for my book covers. And I still managed to get two nasty letters that I had stolen the cover from someone else. Fortunately, we also have a ( retired ) lawyer in the family who wrote a letter on my nephew's behalf stating intent to sue over the use of his photos. It got very convoluted with different countries and Amazon involved. That's a lot of work for a book that I often give away the ebook for free. And in that case, it wasn't a scam to download malware to my computer, but to get me to pay for the use of the cover photo.
Steve , your biggest assets is that you are reasonable and thoughtful, your sense of humor adds to your you tube cast. Your about the only attorney who explained the legal system. although i dont always agree and they i think they are to lengthy you do a good job.
I can remember putting our companies website together and used photos from different projects for the company exclusively. Then a company sent a letter requiring us to take down a little more than half of our photos. Then came to find out, they had those photos for sale on their site. After going through those photos, I realized all of them were taken by me or our technical director. Our technical director a former model and professional photographer, me I was just good at it with some experience from photo shop in high school and college. So their demand went a little sideways on them. Five of them made quite a bit of money we found out. The interesting part was since they were digital or a few were scans of photos (yes they were that old) we could say the date, locations and what abatement work area or room that the photo was taken.
I was also thinking that this email was written by a certain copyright lawyer often referred to on Lawful Masses. One which I believe a Judge recently compared to a Lampray
My parents were both high school English teachers. If my mom saw that I wrote something like that she would come to my house and slap me in the side of the head. That would be the only reason she would come over, she would be infuriated. Good luck with the lawsuit Steve. It looks like you're going to need all the help you can get. Go ahead Melissa, go ahead! We all know you miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
I'm actually a fan of "several" days to comply. I would also like to see a pack of days, lots of days, a hoard of days, etc. Heroes of Might and Magic fans will agree with me.
Sounds like something an insane person would write. My S-I-L is schizophrenic and thinks things are hers that aren't and gets angry about people taking her things.
Steve please release a video about the grievance you filed 3 years ago. I loved the crazy town series and want to know what happened to the other lawyer!
Steve, thank you so much for pointing out these scams! I actually got a call about my social security number being blocked? (whatever they called it) but because of your videos, I knew it was a scam, and did not finish listening to it and blocked the number as well. Normally I would have looked up the number for SSA or gone to the web site and checked, but your public service videos saved me the trouble. I know the SSA, has my email because I had to fill out all kinds of things with them and others to retire. Keep up the good work.
Tell her to hire Richard Leibowitz and get back to you. 😜 Edit: Yeah, 99% it's to get you to click on the link. Probably some form of phishing, instant malware isn't likely on Google hosting (although maybe something very obvious / spottable like infectme.exe.zip might be possible)
Hi Steve , you must have some Australian friends hence the XY Falcon GT on your shirt . As was pointed out in another comment it is a rather "Roth-esque" monster shirt . Nice !!
Hi Steve, yes that looks like Australian made Falcon on your shirt. And by your surname and finnish flag at the back, my detective skills say you have some relations to Finland? : ) Nice cars at the back, too. Not sure about those on higher, but down right is red -62 Ferrari GTO 1:18 scale Burago, Made in Italy. Good on you, mate!
1 minute in and I was laughing at this. Cracks me up when scammers contact people, such as yourself, and use threats of legal action in a field that they have careers in. Saw one where they called a cop and threatened to have her arrested using her precinct. LMAO
My company got a letter from a lawyer working for an OEM (manufacturer) this week saying we had to remove their name from our website because it was violating their trademark. We are a refurbishment/repair company that services and repairs systems originally manufactured by them, so we explicitly state that is what we repair. We never claim to be "authorized" or "affiliated" with them. It doesn't seem like they have any real claim here, but I'm curious to hear random people on the internet's legal opinions.
In fact, my business was in web design and marketing. No, I'm not trying to sell to you. What I am saying is that I am very savvy with computers. Because curiosity would occasionally get the better of me, what I would do is create a copy of a virtual machine image, boot that, and follow the link from within that secured environment. Then I would get a chance to get a peek at what horribleness they wanted to pull me into, and have a laugh that they didn't succeed. 😂 Then I would delete the VM image and move on with my life, knowing they couldn't steal any identifiable information. 😁
Hey Steve, It is highly unlikely that your computer would be infected if you were to click on the link in the email. The site likely just has more false legal threats and no malware. The advice to not click on suspicious links comes from the 90s and early 2000s, when web browsers were designed very poorly, had many security bugs, and could be easily hacked if you navigated to a malicious site. Now days all web browsers follow incredibly strict security standards. Bugs in web browsers that could result in your computer being compromised are incredibly rare now days. The most important security practice to keep your computer secure it to always update all your software, so if there is a vulnerability in your software it will be fixed by the update once it is discovered.
The technical folks will understand this. For suspect software, I create a sandbox {using Sandboxie), a part of memory that will disappear when I close the sandbox.
Around 3:25 in, I began to wonder if Richard Liebowitz would represent her. But even Richard "Get-sanctioned-three-times-in-May-and-cost-a-client-$24,000-in-a-fourth-case" Liebowitz probably wouldn't be stupid enough to take that case.
I always have a scrap(ish) laptop that's been formatted several times already. You could check out the link that way -then just format and reload an operating system.
One interesting thing about "recognizing your image" -- I was at a cousin's house, and I noticed that there was a huge framed photo of a Yosemite waterfall above the fireplace. So I said, "Oh, that photo is on the front cover of my high school yearbook." My cousin's wife replied, "It can't be. My father took that, and this is the only print from it." Obviously, of course, the photo on the yearbook was taken by someone else, at the same place, of an identical scene. So I wound up having to retract my statement and modify it to speculate that there was an identical photo taken at the same place at a different time by another party. I say that to say this: It is possible for there to exist two identical photographs taken by different people at different times. To claim a copyright on a photo by its visual appearance only would require something unique about the photo, such as a family member or a family pet in the picture.
that would be impressive vbecause the same shot from the same angle at the same time of day during the same year and season? just being an asshole. go for it!
Indeed, 10 news photographers are continuously snapping pictures as the defendant leaves the courthouse. They are only feet apart from each other and are using "burst mode" (10 frames per second) to take their photos. Appears to be the same photo? Yes. But the same photo? No.
yeah, thats one of my 'pet peeves' ...the use of 'a' before a word that starts with a consonant ''a ball'' or 'an' before a word that starts with a vowel ''an apple'' .... lol ... always love an education with a laugh ... we learn so much more !
So, on a related question. If someone copies MY images from my web site and uses them, could they turn around and claim I stole them? How could I prove they are mine and I posted them first?
I managed a commercial website for several years and always had problems with others using my product images to sell on Ebay and other platforms. Even a large semi-transparent site name in the image didn't deter them. One of the best ways to foil them was a little sneaky. Web page elements can have background images with text or other images superimposed over that background. Through server side scripting, each catalog page was written on the fly. The script looked for the appropriate product image, always a .jpg file, determined the image dimensions and and set it as the background image. After that it called up a 1px x 1px transparent .gif file, renamed it product number.gif, resized it to the product image size and set it in the foreground, sort of like a picture frame with glass. Image thieves are lazy and "right click - save image as" is the favorite method. For their efforts the thieves got a 1 pixel transparent gif. I even had a few idiots email me complaining that they couldn't steal my images!
When it comes to emails, snail mail, or even phone calls even if the person claims to be your mother do NOT believe it. And even if they can prove it (not sure how they would do that) keep a healthy skepticism, otherwise you will be scammed.
I once had a pro se opponent file a "Discovers" saying he had discovered my client was a crook and since "only a crook would represent a crook" I had seven days to withdraw or he would sue me for malpractice. I didn't; he did; and to me shame instead of winning on the merits I "escaped" only because the federal court dismissed the claim against me for lack of diversity.
I get these idiots who use my website’s “Contact Us” form to contact me claiming they’re web experts and will SEO my site. But they use a generic gmail/hotmail/yahoo account indicating they don’t even have their own domain. They don’t even cite a company name and certainly no phone number.
You may need to add some sort of "I am not a robot" on your email form page. I would also get phishing messages from someone using a script to auto fill the form.
What in the word vomit is that person lying about. I believe per the Safe Harbor Act they are protect if they remove the allegedly infringing copyright violation otherwise they could still be held liable.
4:36 wait... did they actually type :\\ or was it ://? \=backslash /=slash. I'm not sure what the reason was. 5:20 actually, they could send a DMCA takedown notice -- and in order to stay in their safe harbour your hosting provider would need to take it down. (Though, strictly speaking, such a dubious claim could probably be safely ignored because it's unlikely that your host would be sued.) It sounds like they're trying to do DMCA-extortion.
Typically you can configure your "Contact Steve Lehto" form to record the incoming IP address. Then you can do a DNS lookup and see where the message came from.
The scammers can't write as well as a 2nd grader, but they usually understand the basics of route tracing. There's a chance you'd get a real IP in some eastern bloc country, but usually they'll spoof the IP address in email, use a VPN proxy, or some other connection that won't be helpful.
Is it possible to "lose" your copyright of a photograph or other work by not attempting to protect it? I believe it's possible to lose a trademarked name or logo by not defending it, but I don't know if the same thing applies to a copyright. Also, would it be possible to lose a copyright through adverse possession? Say I took a photograph that became iconic (or viral), and some company started claiming it was their copyrighted material and started charging others for its use. Would I be able to sue them YEARS down the road for copyright infringement and/or theft? Just a curious question.
What would be the copyright implications if you recreated the setting of someone else's photograph and then took a picture that was indistinguishable from the original. Is that possible? If it were, who would own copyright?
It is possible for such a photograph to be a breach of copyright, something advertising agencies are fond of. www.pixsy.com/the-10-most-famous-copyright-cases-in-photography/
i have a case about a photo of me, that I directed, that I cannot figure out what to do with... I went to look up some books that an old psychologist who's care i was under decades ago had written... and found he had stolen a picture of me- and used it as the cover of one of his books. I'm 13 in the picture, my friend took it, I directed the shot... and he stole it out of the darkroom of the hospital I was in while under his care and put it on his book about adolescent psychology. :) I wouldn't mind getting paid for my work, and I bet the girl who took the picture wouldn't mind either. He was a rather famous doctor... Pretty sure his books are used in university classes, as I found that 100's of university libraries across the globe hold the book. I was totally floored when I found the picture on the cover of the book. I wish he had let me know I was a successful artist. It's mind blowing that my artwork is on a book- and has been for 30 years. As an adolescent, I needed that confidence.
I just laughed at this. For the most part, Copyright laws are a joke. It's up to you to enforce it. There is a Lawn service company on RUclips who had part of one of their videos copied and used to promote a blade sharpener he called "crap". He contacted his Lawyer with a copy of the original and posted on his channel what was copied stating the video was stolen and they think their product was crap.
Scotts fertilizer company sent a letter to my company because we both used the phrase 'lawn care'. They used it as a title to their small home owner magazine we used it on our advertising to describe our service.
I have a question what happens or what can I do if I found out the hard way I thought I was paying for full coverage insurance an found out the hard way I was only paying for liberty? When I signed papers I told her I wanted full coverage an thought the whole time I was paying for full coverage. I didn’t get my paperwork after I signed she told me she would mail them to me. We ended up getting really bad hail my car got really bad damage to it my front windshield is about to fall in on me an turns out I was only paying for liberty? I’m screwed out of all the money I’ve been paying for nothing an she without my permission added my dad an my sister s car without me approving it. I didn’t sign or give permission to add them on to my policy? Now the insurance company is giving me the run arounds won’t answer my calls or get back to me I live in Texas Please help
Brings up a good question. How do you establish that you own a photograph that is on your web site? The exim data may help. However I always wondered about that. Scammer could say - that's my photo. I no longer own that camera, sold it on ebay.... or some such lie.
Sometimes I think I should get a completely clean computer that has nothing on it and click on the links to see what comes up. Of course using a free public access site ;-0
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Getty Images often sends demand letters to people for using images that are in the public domain. They have sent the letters for NASA images and my favorite is they sent a demand letter to Carol Highsmith for her own photographs. She sued Getty Image.
did she win?
@@consaka1 I googled: her name, getty, lawsuit. You could do that too, silly.
Anyhow, Getty dropped the charge of $120 they had been demanding from her.
Still, the court agreed with Getty: "Highsmith had no right to claim misuse or infringement, said Getty, because she gave up that right when she donated her images into the public domain."
petapixel.com/2016/11/22/1-billion-getty-images-lawsuit-ends-not-bang-whimper/
So I guess if something's in the public domain, someone else can charge you for using it if they want.
The final settlement of the case was private but involved only minor issues.
I can see this creating TONS of new problems. A ridiculous legal decision IMHO.
I own a copy of Huckleberry Finn. Can I now sue all the publishers who have reprinted the book after I bought mine? I mean, it is MINE. (For those who don't know, Huck is in the public domain worldwide.)
@@veralenora7368 Yeah that's not a reason to toss the suite, they should have moved forward on misrepresentation and potentially fraud charges.
Steve, if you don't send me some money in the next several days I'm going to hold my breath.
My dog barked when you knocked on the table. He is very afraid of the copyright police!
My dog did too! Too funny.
The copyright police never sleep.
Ahhhh... he must be a lawyer dog!
My dogs do that sort of thing too, but it's doorbells on TV shows that are really interesting. We haven't had a doorbell for decades, but the trained response has been passed along from one dog to another over the years, starting with the dog that learned to respond to the real doorbell we once had.
There may be other words for synonym, all I know is that I like it on buttered toast.
Baseball team nutritionists serve it on battered toast
And before you take your first bite, just make sure it isn't actually cinnabar!
Fred
I have a friend, another author, who was sued because her book cover was almost identical, using the same stock photo that she had a contract showing she purchased exclusive rights to that photo. The other author's book was published two YEARS after my friend's. It got nasty. Ever since, I have only used, and probably only will use, photos that my professional photographer nephew has taken for my book covers. And I still managed to get two nasty letters that I had stolen the cover from someone else. Fortunately, we also have a ( retired ) lawyer in the family who wrote a letter on my nephew's behalf stating intent to sue over the use of his photos. It got very convoluted with different countries and Amazon involved. That's a lot of work for a book that I often give away the ebook for free. And in that case, it wasn't a scam to download malware to my computer, but to get me to pay for the use of the cover photo.
Maybe you should write another book: "Steve Lehto's Field Guide to Scams and Spams, Vol 1" :)
Boikat Sapiens excellent idea!
2nd the motion!
"Field Guide to Toupees and Merkins" soon to follow... :-)
She's never gonna get a Green Card that way...
she wanted a green dot card
You think she really has any intention of emigrating from Nigeria, where she's also a princess in her spare time?
@@NYpaddler I sent all my money to a Nigerian princess! Do you think it's the same one?
I was pulled in for flashing people last week and the judge had to let me go on the lack of evidence.
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Steve , your biggest assets is that you are reasonable and thoughtful, your sense of humor adds to your you tube cast. Your about the only attorney who explained the legal system. although i dont always agree and they i think they are to lengthy you do a good job.
I can remember putting our companies website together and used photos from different projects for the company exclusively. Then a company sent a letter requiring us to take down a little more than half of our photos. Then came to find out, they had those photos for sale on their site. After going through those photos, I realized all of them were taken by me or our technical director. Our technical director a former model and professional photographer, me I was just good at it with some experience from photo shop in high school and college. So their demand went a little sideways on them. Five of them made quite a bit of money we found out. The interesting part was since they were digital or a few were scans of photos (yes they were that old) we could say the date, locations and what abatement work area or room that the photo was taken.
it reminds me of those scam calls I get every now and again and I just call them back from a burner phone so I can abuse them over the phone
She didn’t see your t-shirt saying “I sue people for fun”
The word usage suggests that the writer is Chinese. I have friends in China who misuse words the same way they are used in that email.
"Several Days"
Let me consult my Lawyer...dawg....
Suddenly Leonard French bursts into the room, "NOOoooobody expects the copyright police!"
I went to the website and enjoyed it. I hope you can include it every once and a while. Thanks.
Looks like "she" picked on the wrong Douglass Houghton biographer!
she probably picked a million people
I don't watch this channel a whole lot but I do love your laugh steve, it does bring me back, keep up the good work.
This title brought your Crazy Town videos to mind. Did I miss the epilog or is it still waiting on the courts?
It sounds like it is time to call your friend Leonard French. (Our favorite Copyright attorney)
That's exactly what I was thinking.
I was also thinking that this email was written by a certain copyright lawyer often referred to on Lawful Masses. One which I believe a Judge recently compared to a Lampray
My parents were both high school English teachers. If my mom saw that I wrote something like that she would come to my house and slap me in the side of the head. That would be the only reason she would come over, she would be infuriated.
Good luck with the lawsuit Steve. It looks like you're going to need all the help you can get.
Go ahead Melissa, go ahead! We all know you miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
_Steve Lehto: Writer of several books..._
Wearer of many hats.
And maker of many videos!
T-Shirt Aficionado.
I'm actually a fan of "several" days to comply. I would also like to see a pack of days, lots of days, a hoard of days, etc. Heroes of Might and Magic fans will agree with me.
Please! I like when you crumple up the scam notices & shoot for the corner basket!!
Sounds like something an insane person would write. My S-I-L is schizophrenic and thinks things are hers that aren't and gets angry about people taking her things.
Steve please release a video about the grievance you filed 3 years ago. I loved the crazy town series and want to know what happened to the other lawyer!
Bring on Lenard French for a second opinion.
I never know I had OCD until I replayed x100 the part where she says the word synonym. I'm too weak to resist the urge to replay.
Steve, thank you so much for pointing out these scams! I actually got a call about my social security number being blocked? (whatever they called it) but because of your videos, I knew it was a scam, and did not finish listening to it and blocked the number as well. Normally I would have looked up the number for SSA or gone to the web site and checked, but your public service videos saved me the trouble. I know the SSA, has my email because I had to fill out all kinds of things with them and others to retire. Keep up the good work.
Tell her to hire Richard Leibowitz and get back to you. 😜
Edit: Yeah, 99% it's to get you to click on the link. Probably some form of phishing, instant malware isn't likely on Google hosting (although maybe something very obvious / spottable like infectme.exe.zip might be possible)
Paul Murphy -
I’d hire Vincent LaGuardia Gambino.
Ooh a Ford Falcon XY GT tshirt, very nice!
Sounds like someone with a Doctorate Degree 🤣😂
Yup, Dr. ate da gree.
Fred
Don't be so mean, doctor Leto!
Hi Steve , you must have some Australian friends hence the XY Falcon GT on your shirt . As was pointed out in another comment it is a rather "Roth-esque" monster shirt . Nice !!
Hi Steve, yes that looks like Australian made Falcon on your shirt. And by your surname and finnish flag at the back, my detective skills say you have some relations to Finland? : ) Nice cars at the back, too. Not sure about those on higher, but down right is red -62 Ferrari GTO 1:18 scale Burago, Made in Italy. Good on you, mate!
I had someone who put photos I took of a band I know as “free use”. I sent an email and they were gone. “Mean” was not used in my email.
Love the GT Falcon T shirt I work on the design of the XY at Ford Geelong Australia
Love the T-shirt... Ford Australia XY Falcon GT 351, Australian Muscle car.
1 minute in and I was laughing at this. Cracks me up when scammers contact people, such as yourself, and use threats of legal action in a field that they have careers in. Saw one where they called a cop and threatened to have her arrested using her precinct. LMAO
Enjoy your channel! Been meaning to ask..what is with the blue paper you print on? Got a great deal on surplus or something?
It's funny till you get the letter from The Law Firm of Leonard J. French!
My company got a letter from a lawyer working for an OEM (manufacturer) this week saying we had to remove their name from our website because it was violating their trademark. We are a refurbishment/repair company that services and repairs systems originally manufactured by them, so we explicitly state that is what we repair. We never claim to be "authorized" or "affiliated" with them. It doesn't seem like they have any real claim here, but I'm curious to hear random people on the internet's legal opinions.
Nice to see an Australian muscle car t-shirt.
When I had my own business, I would get those emails sent though my website email form all the time. It was very annoying.
In fact, my business was in web design and marketing. No, I'm not trying to sell to you. What I am saying is that I am very savvy with computers.
Because curiosity would occasionally get the better of me, what I would do is create a copy of a virtual machine image, boot that, and follow the link from within that secured environment.
Then I would get a chance to get a peek at what horribleness they wanted to pull me into, and have a laugh that they didn't succeed. 😂 Then I would delete the VM image and move on with my life, knowing they couldn't steal any identifiable information.
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I think Melisa is looking for a new line of work after getting fired from the IRS Police.
Hey Steve,
It is highly unlikely that your computer would be infected if you were to click on the link in the email. The site likely just has more false legal threats and no malware.
The advice to not click on suspicious links comes from the 90s and early 2000s, when web browsers were designed very poorly, had many security bugs, and could be easily hacked if you navigated to a malicious site. Now days all web browsers follow incredibly strict security standards. Bugs in web browsers that could result in your computer being compromised are incredibly rare now days.
The most important security practice to keep your computer secure it to always update all your software, so if there is a vulnerability in your software it will be fixed by the update once it is discovered.
The technical folks will understand this. For suspect software, I create a sandbox {using Sandboxie), a part of memory that will disappear when I close the sandbox.
As always Steve, you just hit it out of the Park!
She hasn’t even mastered the Oxford comma!
8:45 Steve doesn't own the rights to mammograms.
Mammogram phooey. Brain scan. Shows negative
I dont know Steve. It seems pretty legit lol
Don't sues me... It-mean!
Around 3:25 in, I began to wonder if Richard Liebowitz would represent her. But even Richard "Get-sanctioned-three-times-in-May-and-cost-a-client-$24,000-in-a-fourth-case" Liebowitz probably wouldn't be stupid enough to take that case.
I always have a scrap(ish) laptop that's been formatted several times already. You could check out the link that way -then just format and reload an operating system.
One interesting thing about "recognizing your image" -- I was at a cousin's house, and I noticed that there was a huge framed photo of a Yosemite waterfall above the fireplace. So I said, "Oh, that photo is on the front cover of my high school yearbook." My cousin's wife replied, "It can't be. My father took that, and this is the only print from it."
Obviously, of course, the photo on the yearbook was taken by someone else, at the same place, of an identical scene. So I wound up having to retract my statement and modify it to speculate that there was an identical photo taken at the same place at a different time by another party.
I say that to say this: It is possible for there to exist two identical photographs taken by different people at different times. To claim a copyright on a photo by its visual appearance only would require something unique about the photo, such as a family member or a family pet in the picture.
that would be impressive vbecause the same shot from the same angle at the same time of day during the same year and season? just being an asshole. go for it!
Indeed, 10 news photographers are continuously snapping pictures as the defendant leaves the courthouse. They are only feet apart from each other and are using "burst mode" (10 frames per second) to take their photos. Appears to be the same photo? Yes. But the same photo? No.
"Report me? Report me to who?"
The dream police. They live inside of your head.
yeah, thats one of my 'pet peeves' ...the use of 'a' before a word that starts with a consonant ''a ball'' or 'an' before a word that starts with a vowel ''an apple'' .... lol ... always love an education with a laugh ... we learn so much more !
A relatively safe way to investigate that link would be simply copy and paste it into a Google search, and then see what The Google says.
So, on a related question. If someone copies MY images from my web site and uses them, could they turn around and claim I stole them? How could I prove they are mine and I posted them first?
Date stamps and original images.
I managed a commercial website for several years and always had problems with others using my product images to sell on Ebay and other platforms. Even a large semi-transparent site name in the image didn't deter them. One of the best ways to foil them was a little sneaky. Web page elements can have background images with text or other images superimposed over that background. Through server side scripting, each catalog page was written on the fly. The script looked for the appropriate product image, always a .jpg file, determined the image dimensions and and set it as the background image. After that it called up a 1px x 1px transparent .gif file, renamed it product number.gif, resized it to the product image size and set it in the foreground, sort of like a picture frame with glass. Image thieves are lazy and "right click - save image as" is the favorite method. For their efforts the thieves got a 1 pixel transparent gif. I even had a few idiots email me complaining that they couldn't steal my images!
When it comes to emails, snail mail, or even phone calls even if the person claims to be your mother do NOT believe it. And even if they can prove it (not sure how they would do that) keep a healthy skepticism, otherwise you will be scammed.
Did we hear that correctly at the end? A request for a SYNONYM for synonym. Yes, I think there is... Equivalent & Metonym.
Good morning Steve Leto.
Hundo, unfolded, over the top of the base of the mic on the top of the left side of the OED cabinet. 827. Last video in the old set.
I once had a pro se opponent file a "Discovers" saying he had discovered my client was a crook and since "only a crook would represent a crook" I had seven days to withdraw or he would sue me for malpractice. I didn't; he did; and to me shame instead of winning on the merits I "escaped" only because the federal court dismissed the claim against me for lack of diversity.
I get these idiots who use my website’s “Contact Us” form to contact me claiming they’re web experts and will SEO my site. But they use a generic gmail/hotmail/yahoo account indicating they don’t even have their own domain. They don’t even cite a company name and certainly no phone number.
You may need to add some sort of "I am not a robot" on your email form page. I would also get phishing messages from someone using a script to auto fill the form.
If she does sue you, hire Leonard French, I'm sure he'd defend you.
What in the word vomit is that person lying about. I believe per the Safe Harbor Act they are protect if they remove the allegedly infringing copyright violation otherwise they could still be held liable.
If you want to click a suspicious link, you can do it safely in a sandbox or a virtual machine.
If I take a photo of somebody else's photo how does the copyright work?
First World country - Protestant rules;
Third World country - Roman Catholic rules;
Second World country - Between the Two.
Send the link to some other lawyer friends to see if someone else can find out more about it?
4:36 wait... did they actually type :\\ or was it ://?
\=backslash
/=slash.
I'm not sure what the reason was.
5:20 actually, they could send a DMCA takedown notice -- and in order to stay in their safe harbour your hosting provider would need to take it down. (Though, strictly speaking, such a dubious claim could probably be safely ignored because it's unlikely that your host would be sued.) It sounds like they're trying to do DMCA-extortion.
9:28 I guess these words (in some cases, maybe not all) can be used as another word for synonym....
equivalent
metonym
analogue
Isn’t the standard practice to send a reply that says “send all details”?
Love your Aussie Falcon shirt in this episode.
Typically you can configure your "Contact Steve Lehto" form to record the incoming IP address. Then you can do a DNS lookup and see where the message came from.
The scammers can't write as well as a 2nd grader, but they usually understand the basics of route tracing. There's a chance you'd get a real IP in some eastern bloc country, but usually they'll spoof the IP address in email, use a VPN proxy, or some other connection that won't be helpful.
Is it possible to "lose" your copyright of a photograph or other work by not attempting to protect it? I believe it's possible to lose a trademarked name or logo by not defending it, but I don't know if the same thing applies to a copyright.
Also, would it be possible to lose a copyright through adverse possession? Say I took a photograph that became iconic (or viral), and some company started claiming it was their copyrighted material and started charging others for its use. Would I be able to sue them YEARS down the road for copyright infringement and/or theft? Just a curious question.
Do your website forms record the IP of the submitter? You may want to set that up if you don't.
she's not goining to inform you when she files the suit, you'll find out eight months later.
IDK, you had better get a consult attorney...
Nice Tee Shirt. Love the Phase III
Good morning Steve
Love the XY GTHO shirt Steve
What would be the copyright implications if you recreated the setting of someone else's photograph and then took a picture that was indistinguishable from the original. Is that possible? If it were, who would own copyright?
It is possible for such a photograph to be a breach of copyright, something advertising agencies are fond of.
www.pixsy.com/the-10-most-famous-copyright-cases-in-photography/
i have a case about a photo of me, that I directed, that I cannot figure out what to do with... I went to look up some books that an old psychologist who's care i was under decades ago had written... and found he had stolen a picture of me- and used it as the cover of one of his books. I'm 13 in the picture, my friend took it, I directed the shot... and he stole it out of the darkroom of the hospital I was in while under his care and put it on his book about adolescent psychology. :) I wouldn't mind getting paid for my work, and I bet the girl who took the picture wouldn't mind either. He was a rather famous doctor... Pretty sure his books are used in university classes, as I found that 100's of university libraries across the globe hold the book. I was totally floored when I found the picture on the cover of the book. I wish he had let me know I was a successful artist. It's mind blowing that my artwork is on a book- and has been for 30 years. As an adolescent, I needed that confidence.
To be fair, You should send her your credit card # or Bank account # to let her remove the $$$$$ you owe her for using her pictures.
I just laughed at this. For the most part, Copyright laws are a joke. It's up to you to enforce it. There is a Lawn service company on RUclips who had part of one of their videos copied and used to promote a blade sharpener he called "crap". He contacted his Lawyer with a copy of the original and posted on his channel what was copied stating the video was stolen and they think their product was crap.
Scotts fertilizer company sent a letter to my company because we both used the phrase 'lawn care'. They used it as a title to their small home owner magazine we used it on our advertising to describe our service.
What year of law school do they teach "Whoey "?
I have a question what happens or what can I do if I found out the hard way I thought I was paying for full coverage insurance an found out the hard way I was only paying for liberty? When I signed papers I told her I wanted full coverage an thought the whole time I was paying for full coverage. I didn’t get my paperwork after I signed she told me she would mail them to me. We ended up getting really bad hail my car got really bad damage to it my front windshield is about to fall in on me an turns out I was only paying for liberty? I’m screwed out of all the money I’ve been paying for nothing an she without my permission added my dad an my sister s car without me approving it. I didn’t sign or give permission to add them on to my policy? Now the insurance company is giving me the run arounds won’t answer my calls or get back to me I live in Texas Please help
Ah yes, I remember the black and white days...
...strange thing is, all my memories are in color! How weird is that?!
Sounds like a Nigerian email scam
What is the eopolig in crazy town
"Melissa" is so important that she only uses a mononym.
Forward slash, Steve.
Came here to say this. Even just slash would do since there aren't backslashes in web addresses.
I like how this video has 1 dislike, Must be someone that tries to use these scams.
Up to 2.
Brings up a good question. How do you establish that you own a photograph that is on your web site? The exim data may help. However I always wondered about that. Scammer could say - that's my photo. I no longer own that camera, sold it on ebay.... or some such lie.
So mean!
I can't watch anymore because.........he's mean.
You did not buy a domain name though. You rented it, and you must pay for it every year.
And yet, I own it.
Sometimes I think I should get a completely clean computer that has nothing on it and click on the links to see what comes up. Of course using a free public access site ;-0
Go to your local public library and use their 'puters. They get wiped after every use.
Not that I can think of, but I do know another word for thesaurus....