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• Petition To Stop Copyright Theft at Polyvore.com
  by Crokus Label

  We, users of RedBubble.com ask that all of our works be completely removed from Polyvore.com. That also includes all works that have been…

  Petition to keep our Copyrights.

• WILL THE ACT OF PHOTOGRAPHY BECOME A CRIMINAL OFFENSE?
  by Helen Bascom KMA

  You can take photographs of just about anything. However, what you do with those photos may be another issue altogether.

  A brief overview of the trend to restrict photographer’s rights and some copyright information. / MCN: B83-8RHW-7917

• Legal case worth noting.
  by Judith Oppenheimer

  A federal court in Minnesota has ruled that a business that allegedly copied copyrighted photographs from a Web site and used the images …

  A federal court in Minnesota has ruled that a business that allegedly copied copyrighted photographs from a Web site and used the images in advertisements is liable for the removal of embedded digital watermarks from the images. The court said that the watermarks were copyright-eligible as “copyright management information.” Accordingly, their removal was an actionable copyright violation, the court said. Case name is Gregerson v. Vilana Fin. Inc.

• Update and Resume.about the Polyvore Affair.
  by Crokus Label

  So everyone knows a little more where we stand, and what is happening with “the polyvore affair”, I will post here the “communication” th…

  So everyone knows a little more where we stand, and what is happening with “the polyvore affair”, I will post here the “communication” that has happened between “them” and I. I personally am not done with this. I want Polyvore to respect ALL Artists’ copyrights. Here is a collection of what was said and done, at the end of this writing, I will explain what remains. It is not over yet. / _____ @Polyvore, I am really concerned about the fact that you have dissabeld your own tags, and thereof, you can no longer find new works that are being directed to your site. / I can proove very well that I can still upload pictures form redbubble to your site. / I just did it once again… / I chalenge you to take your own responsibility and find the works that I have uploaded… (as you would have to find lost works that are just still around on your site.) you are the one(s) in charge of your own network, it is for you to fix the mistakes that you have allowed to be produced here. / Perhaps you should also think about removing all works from other similar sites (but I think that it would be much easier on you to tell your members to upload their own products from their computer… If they have copyrights (like we do here) they must have it on their own computers. When I started to be a photographer, I did it on my own time… I did not “steal” any equipment nor copyrighted materials from more experienced people. How can we teach our children to be their own selves if we can’t even let them produce their own works? What is the message you want to carry? But let me tell you that if you can find my work, and you do remove it as soon as you do, that means that you can do the same with ALL of our works… this is YOUR responsibility. It is disgraceful to see that you allow young people to upload “anything” to your site, and then wash your hands clean of it for letting the whole world use it. I am very deceived. and I demand that you do no longer allow ANY directing from other copyrighted sites… I am watching you, and there are a few people that are too… you just won’t always know who we are… nor which site we come from… deviantart, redbubble, photobucket… or any other sites… theft is theft, and it is not acceptable to profit (in any forms, and you sure do profit from getting original works to be played with to attract your clients.) Please do not sing me a sweet song, for you haven’t even replied to half of us through our complaints… I want to be kept updated here as to know what it is you are doing to ensure our rights. Crokus Label, creator of the petition to which you didn’t really reply but to cut and paste your message from here to there. We have a petition of 181 + yourself there, that states that WE want it all removed. It was your mistake in the first place. Fix it. Show the young ones on your site that one must take responsibilities for their own actions. It might help them trust adults, and learn to accept their responsibilities too. Work on changing how your images are getting on your site(get them to upload from their own computers), because I promise to not give up the fight, and I am willing to go to any length to achieve the respect of our copyrights. Our copyrights MUST be respected anywhere. Redbubble memebers or not. Copyrights are OUR rights as artists, anywhere we be. Regards, Crokus Label Photography, creator of the petition to which you should probably look at carefully, for we are many to ask you to remove our works, and not allow it to be posted on your site. So I leave you to the cleaning up of your infringement mess, and I will be back in the morning to see if our petition was well understood. (I too will be copying and pasting this elsewhere so everyone knows where all this is at now.) __ Polyvore, I am somehow deceived as how you have been avoiding me. My account was deleted yesterday and reinstated today (I never have been abusive in my journey to copyright assertion. So I assume this is why you reinstated my account on your site.) Now, I would have thought that you would have got something to reply at least in one of my messages/requests. But even after sending you messages to your site, messages here and on the other thread here at RedBubble, and a link in your Bubblemail to let you know I had left you a message in both threads, you never respond to ANY of my writings… And that either in private. I am still looking for explanations of how things will be handled from your site to stop this violation of copyrights. Still waiting for you to give me a sign of life. Crokus Label Photography. Crokus: i just replied to your bubblemail. As of last night, we have blocked imports from redbubble.com (because redbubble.com staff requested that we do so). You managed to import your image before our site software was updated with that change. We have taken down your image and sets that you mentioned in your message. (Although, we did not understand why you uploaded something only to request to have it removed a few hours later). As we have mentioned several times: we would be happy to comply with take down notices as long as they come from the person who owns the rights to the image and lists which URLs need to be removed. Please allow a reasonable amount of time for us to respond to your request (we usually respond in a few hours, but please allow 24 hours before you hit the panic button). Also, please note that different people have different opinions about how their images should or should not be used online. We would be happy to service group take down requests as we did with RedBubble.com but please don’t send us request to take down all image from site X unless you are sure everyone affected shares your views. I hope this is not construed as lack of cooperation or respect on our part. I hope I answered your questions. _ Polyvore, I have uploaded these to see how your site was “working,” and what will happen with my images, so I precisely know what and how to make sure copyrighted images are not still being used. As for standing up for all artist that have their rights to copyrights of their own material, I can not stay there and do nothing about it, for copyrights are made to be respected, and the very big majority of your images were taken on the net “randomly” by users that do not have them rights; Therefore, I will maintain my position at asking that everybody’s copyrights be respected. If you do not remove them you might have to deal with the consequences of your “inactions”… Most people form other sites can’t ask you to have their works removed, for they are not even aware that they have been imported there. It would only be fair to refuse to respect their copyrights because you believe that they should all come and warn you to remove stuff that they do not even know is on your site. Copyrights are made for EVERYONE to be respected, and I do not believe that when you say that everybody has a different opinion on the issue, you seem to forget that copyrights are the same for everyone, and that includes your site. By refusing today to take care of the real problem, you expose yourself to lawsuits in a near or far future. I must say that you have made some great efforts to remove to remove redbubble’s member’s works, and I appreciate this. I would really appreciate if you would let us know how you will make your best so your members really understand what are copyrights, what consequences there might be to infringe them, and what changes you will/might make in a near future so all artists/photographers works be protect as best as you can. Thank you for this first reply, I appreciate that you finally found time to respond to part of my concerns. Crokus Label _ What do you think? I am not done… but let’s keep pealing the onion… ;) (here are some key words so people can find this form a search engine: polyvore.com, polyvore, action, copyrights, rights, copyright, internet, infringement,Pasha Sadri, violation, fraud, theft, thief, mission, respect, honor, ceo, founder, community, innovator, thieves, scandal,blog, concern, concerned, Unite, unity, help, violator, law, trust, refuse, refusal, blame, )

• I'm DONE trying to help anyone!!
  by Crockpot

  That’s it. Done. Finito. I’ll continue helping animals – but people can just get screwed. Yeah, I said it. I’m sick of it. I have…

  That’s it. Done. Finito. I’ll continue helping animals – but people can just get screwed. Yeah, I said it. I’m sick of it. I have a lot of experience in printing and publishing. This includes doing graphic design for major newspapers and international magazines. This includes advertising. I’m currently doing licensed work for major players in the movie and tv industry – Disney, DreamWorks, Warner Brothers, and tons more. I’d like to think that all my years of involvement would at least give me a fucking leg to stand on. Throw in on top of that the fact that I’m honest, caring and giving to a fault. When I see someone that might potentially end up in trouble, my instinct is to try and help. Granted, this is more successful with my friends and family than it is to strangers; I understand that. Here’s what I’m ranting about. Lately I’ve seen a lot of copyright issues on Red Bubble. I have nothing against any of the artists – in fact, I think they’re pretty damned talented. However, I made the huge mistake of pointing out to one artist that the subject of one of her photos was a major brand and could potentially be a legal problem for her – and for Red Bubble. I love RB and would hate to see any law suit come against this site! So all I said was that __ is a copyrighted brand. Is that so terrible? I mean really, is it? Here’s what I got back: / ”...tell Crockpot to mind his own fucking buisness…” / “Tell dimwad to put nike into the search engine…then ford…then chev…then coke…then tell him to get a life…” / “ppl r just gay n have no life lol” (As an aside, yeah, you can put any number of brand names into a search engine – that doesn’t mean you can photograph these things and sell the photos for profit!) And what do gay people have to do with it?? Some of my best friends are gay! And they sure as hell are better people than the above mentioned. Anyway, I just needed to get that off my chest. / Now you know why I’m gonna be a LOT more quiet on RB – and everywhere else too. People just fucking SUCK.

• "Three Little Words" Removed
  by Scott Ruhs

  Well, I received an email this morning that really saddened me. My image “Three Little Words” was removed due to “copyright infringement…

  Well, I received an email this morning that really saddened me. My image “Three Little Words” was removed due to “copyright infringement” It seems that because a portion of the Scrabble board is shown in this image it infringes on Hasbro’s copyright. I just want to say that I in no way blame Red Bubble for the removal of the image, I just find it very disappointing that a large company like Hasbro would be so petty about something that had such a positive message – one of love. Here is what they sent to Red Bubble: Re: DMCA Notice – Infringement of Hasbro, Inc.’s MONOPOLY® and SCRABBLE® Copyrights and Trademarks Dear Copyright Agent: We are counsel for Hasbro, Inc. (“Hasbro”), the owner of the copyrights and trademarks for the MONOPOLY® property trading game, and the owner of the copyrights and trademarks in the United States and Canada for the SCRABBLE® crossword game. We recently became aware that there are a number of items available on www.redbubble.com that feature the MONOPOLY® and SCRABBLE® games or game elements. The specific links are as follows: http://www.redbubble.com/search/find/?search%5Bsearch%5D=scrabble&search%5Bhidden_search%5D= [other links removed] The MONOPOLY® property trading game as a whole, as well as specific elements and characters, such as the MR. MONOPOLY® character, are the copyrighted property of Hasbro. Hasbro also owns the trademark rights to the MONOPOLY® name and logo, and to numerous elements of the MONOPOLY® property trading game, such as the MR. MONOPOLY® character, and the design of the property squares and corner squares, that have achieved source-identifying significance. In addition, The SCRABBLE® crossword game board is the copyrighted property of Hasbro in the United States and Canada, and Hasbro also owns the trademark rights to the SCRABBLE® name and the look of the SCRABBLE® crossword game letter tiles, which have source-identifying significance as trademarks. The unauthorized copying of the MONOPOLY® and SCRABBLE® games, game boards, and/or game elements constitutes copyright infringement in violation of 17 U.S.C. § 501. The unauthorized use of the various MONOPOLY® and SCRABBLE® trademarks also violates the federal trademark laws, including 15 U.S.C. §§ 1114(1) and 1125(a), by creating a likelihood of confusion with respect to Hasbro’s authorization or sponsorship of or association with these commercial activities. The unauthorized use of these MONOPOLY® and SCRABBLE® marks is also likely to dilute their distinctive qualities and hamper their ability to function as a source-identifying marks in violation of 15 U.S.C. § 1125© and the anti-dilution laws of numerous states. We have a good faith belief that the items identified above infringe Hasbro’s copyrights and other intellectual property rights, and are not authorized by Hasbro, its agents, or the law. We are authorized to act on Hasbro’s behalf regarding these matters. The information provided in this communication is accurate to the best of our knowledge and is provided under penalty of perjury. On behalf of Hasbro, we therefore request that you act promptly to remove or disable access to the infringing items identified above from the redbubble.com website. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. This letter does not purport to be a complete statement of the facts or the law and is without prejudice to Hasbro’s legal and equitable rights.

• They only removed tags.
  by Crokus Label

  HERE (http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=247766) / and HERE...

  HERE (http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=247766) / and HERE (http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=250511) / are proofs that polyvore.com as never removed the “sets” ... Furthermore, I bet that they still have our links in their database… so anything that is being linked to the images can still get there. I do not have other adresses for the old files that contain our images, but I do have THIS (http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=267816) it is a “work” I did a few minutes ago, using some of my own stuff from redbubble that I took… / here are the the links to the NEW files I got in there. / Crokus’ Original (http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing?id=339915) / and Crokus’ t-shirt design (http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing?id=339937) / / Hope you can all see that… I created it there.

• Copyrights????
  by Robxavier

  Please be careful when posting pics here without adding a logo. I actually saw someones work on another site. Pretty sad if you ask me. T…

  Please be careful when posting pics here without adding a logo. I actually saw someones work on another site. Pretty sad if you ask me. They took somes art and made a myspace comment out of it. :(

• STILL USING OUR WORKS.
  by Crokus Label

  They are stil using our works… Polyvore.com is still using our works in their “sets” They are still using the “sets” that people …

  They are stil using our works… Polyvore.com is still using our works in their “sets” They are still using the “sets” that people created with our art… http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/search?idx=collection&query=redbubble&x=0&y=0 / the sets this HAS to go too… it is part of our petition’s / Demand as followed -We, users of RedBubble.com ask that all of our works be completely removed from Polyvore.com. That also includes all works that have been created with our original and copyrighted material. We have to keep on mooving and signing the petition… please send this link / http://www.redbubble.com/people/crokuslabel/writing/266182-petition-to-stop-copyright-theft-at-polyvore-com to as many RedBubblers as possible so we are taken seriously.

• Extracts of the Copyright 1968 Act
  by Stephen Mitchell

  Copyright1968 Act...

  Copyright1968 Act / (1.52MEG) Part III, Division 2, Section 36 (Page 75 of this PDF) 36. Infringement by doing acts comprised in the copyright (1) Subject to this Act, the copyright in a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work is infringed by a person who, not being the owner of the copyright, and without the licence of the owner of the copyright, does in Australia, or authorizes the doing in Australia of, any act comprised in the copyright. (1A) In determining, for the purposes of subsection (1), whether or not a person has authorised the doing in Australia of any act comprised in the copyright in a work, without the licence of the owner of the copyright, the matters that must be taken into account include the following: / ... (a) the extent (if any) of the person’s power to prevent the doing of the act concerned; / ... (b) the nature of any relationship existing between the person and the person who did the act concerned; / ... (c) whether the person took any reasonable steps to prevent or avoid the doing of the act, including whether the person complied with any relevant industry codes of practice. (2) The next three succeeding sections do not affect the generality of this section. Part III, Division 2, Section 37 37 Infringement by importation for sale or hire (1) Subject to Division 3, the copyright in a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work is infringed by a person who, without the licence of the owner of the copyright, imports an article into Australia for the purpose of: / ... (a) selling, letting for hire, or by way of trade offering or exposing for sale or hire, the article; / ... (b) distributing the article: / ... ... (i) for the purpose of trade; or / ... ... (ii) for any other purpose to an extent that will affect prejudicially the owner of the copyright; or (c) by way of trade exhibiting the article in public; / ... if the importer knew, or ought reasonably to have known, that the making of the article would, if the article had been made in Australia by the importer, have constituted an infringement of the copyright. (2) In relation to an accessory to an article that is or includes a copy of a work, being a copy that was made without the licence of the owner of the copyright in the work in the country in which the copy was made, subsection (1) has effect as if the words “the importer knew, or ought reasonably to have known, that” were omitted. Part III, Division 2, Section 38 Infringement by sale and other dealings (1) Subject to Division 3, the copyright in a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work is infringed by a person who, in Australia, and without the licence of the owner of the copyright: / ... (a) sells, lets for hire, or by way of trade offers or exposes for sale or hire, an article; or / ... (b) by way of trade exhibits an article in public; / ... ... if the person knew, or ought reasonably to have known, that the making of the article constituted an infringement of the copyright or, in the case of an imported article, would, if the article had been made in Australia by the importer, have constituted such an infringement. (2) For the purposes of the last preceding subsection, the distribution of any articles: / ... (a) for the purpose of trade; or / ... (b) for any other purpose to an extent that affects prejudicially the owner of the copyright concerned; shall be taken to be the sale of those articles. (3) In this section: / ... article includes a reproduction or copy of a work or other subject-matter, being a reproduction or copy in electronic form. NOTE I have also discovered that Redbubble (including its founders and employees) cannot be held responsible for the indiscretions of its subscribers: Part III, Division 2, Section 38 Communication by use of certain facilities A person (including a carrier or carriage service provider) who provides facilities for making, or facilitating the making of, a communication is not taken to have authorised any infringement of copyright in a work merely because another person uses the facilities so provided to do something the right to do which is included in the copyright. I encourage any Australian Redbubbler, using any artistic means, to read the full CopyrightAct1968 carefully.

• copyright infringement
  by mister khan

  blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah / (they only wish they were as good looking as me)

  blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah / (they only wish they were as good looking as me)

• Photographer RIPPED, thief makes 50 euro, Lee makes millions...
  by Brian Puhl IPA

  I thought I’d share this article that John (kkart) found about a month ago. We all need to watch out for our own work!. http://www….

  I thought I’d share this article that John (kkart) found about a month ago. We all need to watch out for our own work!. http://www.photosig.com/go/forums/read?id=238502

• Maybe I should have just kept it to myself?
  by Sandra Chung

  There is someone on RedBubble who is posting a whole bunch of photographs that belong to other people as ‘his work’. He doesn’t appear t…

  There is someone on RedBubble who is posting a whole bunch of photographs that belong to other people as ‘his work’. He doesn’t appear to have them up for sale, but still, they do NOT belong to him. I have reported the infringement to RB weeks ago, but all the ones I gave links to the legal owners of the photographs are still there. I did a quick web-search just using a descriptors, and guess what? I found every one of ‘his’ photos belong to different people.

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  Copyright Infringement
  by DaveM

  US$23.94

  This speaks for itself.