Re: Ripping off - FOLLOWUP

From: "Roy Pollard" <plod@proweb.co.uk>

Date: Sat, 20 May 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks to Pat and everyone else for the advice and info - after consulting
with a couple of the original artists, as well as having a rather terse chat
with the perpetrator it seems we've come to a quick and easy agreement.
Seems like the perpetrator is in no way disputing my ownership of the
copyright now, and has agreed to remove all material from any new
publications, turnsheets etc. He has offered to credit me as the owner of
the copyright in his next series of turns/newsletters etc - I've declined
the second half as I don't think I should be mentioned in this when I'm
simply asserting ownership of the pics.
That said, I'm pleased the way this has gone, and hopeful the players of
neither mine or the perps games will really suffer or be affected.

And no, because it has been dealt with quickly and reasonably amicably, I
won't be telling whodunnit.

Thanks to all, again.

"PHen376022" <phen376022@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20000519091632.02175.00000170@ng-bj1.aol.com...
> >Would I (as
> >copyright holder) be able to demand the material be removed from their
Rules
> >etc, or would I have problems?
>
> You could demand that the material be removed, but good luck actually
getting
> them to remove it.
>
> If you can afford the long, drawn out court battle that would be your only
> recourse, you are doing better than I.
>
> I have copyrighted material on my sight, but make sure to include the
author's
> name, copyright, and a link to their sight.
>
> Is it possible that the pirate didn't realize that you held the copyrights
to
> the material? They may have assumed you took it from somewhere else and
they
> felt free to do likewise.
>
> Pat

References

Ripping off Copyrighted Material
"Roy Pollard" <plod@proweb.co.uk>
Fri, 19 May 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Ripping off Copyrighted Material
phen376022@aol.com (PHen376022)
Fri, 19 May 2000 00:00:00 +0000