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This is a very tricky situation it seems. I've never been party to infringement (on either side), but he explained pretty clearly why he outsourced this role.
by iamhamm 12y ago
This is a very tricky situation it seems. I've never been party to infringement (on either side), but he explained pretty clearly why he outsourced this role. He has people legitimately using his work without license, so what's the problem with outsourcing enforcement? That said, I hear a story like yours and it freaks me out; I could be you some day. Maybe a "non-lawyer" system could exist, but without the threat of lawsuits, I suspect legitimate infringement situations would go ignored.
- underwater 12y agoThere's nothing preventing him from going to the lawyer after they refuse a request to remove the image. He's using his nuclear option as a first resort and claiming moral high ground.
- CocaKoala 12y agoExcept that the time and opportunity cost of requesting each case of infringement be removed before going to the lawyers is becoming onerous for him, which he explicitly states. His moral high ground is "He's not the one stealing an image and the people he's suing are".
- s73v3r 12y agoWell, no one forced you to use his image without license.
- mapt 12y agoDamn-near everything in our life is subject to copyright by default. You've been party to infringement a million times over. We all have. Start on your first birthday. http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/birthday.asp http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/birthday.asp Move on to the derivative-work picture collages you made in preschool. That copy of 'Peter Pan' that your parents made. The songs you played when you were learning to play the tuba. The first music your friends shared with you. I could go on.