Author Topic: so-sticky.com (Read 3857 times)

Pixart · « **on:** November 20, 2011, 01:35 »

Okay, like everyone I get mad when I find photos my shots used illegally, my birds and girrffes are almost forgivable but when it's a model on a resale item I'm a bit P.O'd

http://www.so-sticky.com/catalog/photos-baby-p-410.html?osCsid=0ektbp80luav1di07a6ae2q6s3

Their first languauage does not seem to be English. No contact info on their site, but they do have a registered whois.

No EL's of course, and this is a product for sale. Do I send a take-down, or any suggestions how to approach this?

RacePhoto · « **Reply #1 on:** November 20, 2011, 02:36 »

Quote from: Pixart on November 20, 2011, 01:35

Okay, like everyone I get mad when I find photos my shots used illegally, my birds and girrffes are almost forgivable but when it's a model on a resale item I'm a bit P.O'd

http://www.so-sticky.com/catalog/photos-baby-p-410.html?osCsid=0ektbp80luav1di07a6ae2q6s3

Their first languauage does not seem to be English. No contact info on their site, but they do have a registered whois.

No EL's of course, and this is a product for sale. Do I send a take-down, or any suggestions how to approach this?

1. Of course send a DMCA and it doesn't matter what language. If it's not gone in a couple of days send it to the host. Problem is, this isn't some innocent, used it for a blog, it's someone reselling the image on a product.

2. Anyone every get a single cent for a DMCA? No, we just fight and protect and (can't say it here, but it includes bend over and some Valvoline) time after time. No protection, no recourse. Frustrating as all heck. Sue? Yeah really, it costs more in attorneys fees, than we can recover. Something needs to change.

Wouldn't it be nice if somewhere some law actually protected our rights?

FD · « **Reply #2 on:** November 20, 2011, 04:47 »

Quote from: Pixart on November 20, 2011, 01:35

Their first languauage does not seem to be English. No contact info on their site, but they do have a registered whois.

It's French, I recognize her Belgian (or Walloon) Franglais (Frenglish) ("more infos" = "plus d'infos").
Aline, Durand (ALINEDUR721)
rue fontaine michaux 32
Nivelles, , 1400
Belgium.

What a tart, she doesn't even know how to hide her whereabouts.
Nivelles or Nijvel is in the Walloon French speaking substate of Belgium.

Quote from: Pixart on November 20, 2011, 01:35

No EL's of course, and this is a product for sale. Do I send a take-down, or any suggestions how to approach this?

You can't send a DMCA since this is only valid in the US. Nevertheless Belgium has very strict copyright laws.
I'm not there right now, so sorry. ~~If so I could give her a local call since she is in the white pages.~~
You can write an email to the commercial dept of the American Embassy in Brussels. You can also send an email to the FCC unit, the Belgian Federal Computer Crime unit. I suggest you do both.

http://www.polfed-fedpol.be/crim/crim_fccu_auteur_nl.php (for copyright infringements and theft of IP)

Register your complaint here:
https://www.ecops.be/webforms/Default.aspx?Lang=EN (English)

You're welcome

Update: mss. Aline Durand has no record in the list of Belgian businesses so you could frame her on tax evasion too.

bunhill · « **Reply #3 on:** November 20, 2011, 07:35 »

~~how can you know that the image has not been licensed for this use given that it is on sale RF ?~~

ETA: ah - I understand ... no EL

Pixart · « **Reply #4 on:** November 20, 2011, 13:50 »

I really appreciate the input guys, thank you Atilla for the knowledge and the digging you have done. I will work on a civilised approach in English as a first step. And I'm glad you said "miss" because I was thinking it was Allan. Talk about a double insulting letter if she received that!

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