Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ------------------------------------------------------ Stephen Gandy wrote: <P>Ebay has done nothing, their standard of ethics so far seems to only be a song and dance. <P>all ten images as well as the text are clearly marked as copyrighted at my site. <P>I sent him a bill for $10,000 each for each unauthorized one time use, for a total of $110,000 <P>at the moment I am searching for my options...not sure if I have to hire a lawyer to sue, or if I can just turn it over to some Federal law enforcement agency. <P>Stephen Gandy - --------------------------------------------------- Stephen, I have good news and bad news for you. The Good news is that the Congress of the United States pass the copyright laws to protect photographers and other artists. The Bad news is that the federal government will not enforce those laws. Seriously, I was told by an FBI agent (the FBI is the agency that is suppose to enforce these laws) that unless you have a guy with a warehouse full of conterfeit videos or music CDs the FBI will not do anything about it. (Unless of course if you made a large CASH contribution the the Democratic National Committee that is different). In reality, if you 'registered' the copyright on those images, and the person who stole them has substantial assets, then you may get a lawyer's attention. Maybe Marc can shed some more light on this. Good luck. Bill __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com