Another 928 on wreckedexotics - who?
05-04-2005, 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Nicole
There could be a very simple legal problem with these pictures on that site:
Who took those pictures? That person owns the copyrights to them. Unless he has signed them over to Wrecked Exotics, or has otherwise given expicit permission to publish them, wrecked exotics is using them illegally.
So, let's say 2 cents per hit per picture in royalties makes about $20 per thousand hits. There will probably be thousands of such hits. Problem is, it's not enough to pay for a lawyer...
Who took those pictures? That person owns the copyrights to them. Unless he has signed them over to Wrecked Exotics, or has otherwise given expicit permission to publish them, wrecked exotics is using them illegally.
So, let's say 2 cents per hit per picture in royalties makes about $20 per thousand hits. There will probably be thousands of such hits. Problem is, it's not enough to pay for a lawyer...
Everytime they put their own copyright on your stuff, or your own text. Its pathetic, the whole net does this. Some are nice and take them down if you ask, others tell ya to get in back the line of people suing them.
They probably can quote the fair use clause of the copyright act, or news worthy. The biggest bastards out there is the local news. National news pays for licensing feeds and has contracts. Local news just takes what it wants or sells it to other news, but will sue you if your use their material.
