Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] copyright violation
From: Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 00:12:39 +1000

"Contract" ;-)
On Monday, Apr 28, 2003, at 22:20 Australia/Melbourne, Dan C wrote:

> I have found myself in a situation where someone in Turkey has copied
> several of my photographs, incorporated them into his artwork, and is
> claiming them to be his own work.  He denies copying my work, 
> essentially
> implying that I stole the images from him.   I have the original 
> negatives
> and outtakes, etc., and it would be obvious at a glance to a judge or 
> jury
> that I am the original photographer.
>
> However, I live in Canada, and it seems totally impractical for me to
> travel to Turkey and argue in front of a Turkish court (in Turkish) my 
> case.
>
> He is ignoring my emails now, his ISP (Turkish) claims they can do 
> nothing
> without order from Turkish court, and the ISP of another site (Turkish)
> where his images appear have ignored my emails.
>
> Can someone suggest some action that I can take that can resolve this
> situation?
>
> Dan C.
>
> NO ARCHIVE
>
>
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Alastair

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