JUST GOT THIS FRM WEBSHOTS...........

qwerty

Below is an email from Webshots. Does this prove the WT is surfing looking for copyright violations?

Thanks for uploading photos to Webshots.

We recently received notification that one or more of your images were
uploaded in violation of U.S. copyright law, and, as required by law, we
have deleted 12 image(s) from your Webshots photo albums.

If you believe this is a mistake, and you are the sole copyright owner
of these photos and you can provide the appropriate documentation,
please contact our Customer Support department at
[email protected].

The Webshots Terms of Use prohibit you from uploading photos that
you did not take or other images that you did not create unless you
have the permission of the copyright holder. The Terms of Use also
prohibit you from uploading photos featuring individuals without the
individuals' consent. This policy is designed to protect you from claims
for copyright and/or publicity rights infringements that could result in
monetary damages to you.

Thank you for your continued participation in the Webshots Community
and for your prompt attention to this matter.

Below is the list of photos we removed:

WT Blank Cover Dec 2002
WT Blank Cover Dec 2002
WT Money Cover Dec 2002
MeHippy
WT Telekinesis Cover Nov 2002 copy
WT Privates Cover Nov 2002
WT 2034 the end Cover Nov 2002
sondove1a
pig
based
collective
Nov 8th 2002 Awake fingers up boy pg 24

Sincerely,

The Webshots Support Staff

Qwerty

Angharad

Wow Qwerty

I'm just wondering why they didn't like your hippy pic, if its the same as the one in your profile

Nosferatu

Does this mean no more WT cover competitions?

SYN

Good grief, Qwerty. You should really try to host all those images on this site instead!

qwerty

Angharad

They deleted the lot, even though some were not copyrighted. My fault I guess, I should not have named the file Jehovah's Witnesses!

Nosferatu

It's not gunna stop more WT cover comps, no way!

SYN

Not enough room on this site, Simon as only so much in resources!

simwitness

Apparently they don't understand that parody and or satire is not an infringment of copywrite laws...

Maybe you can educate them?

qwerty

Only if you will help me Sim

Nathan Natas

In the USA, PARODY is a protected form of speech.

Explain to your ISP that these are parodies, not intended to be mistaken for the real thing. Remove any real images.

simwitness

This link might help:

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/speech/arts/topic.aspx?topic=parody_satire

And I think this case is applicable:

Leibovitz v. Paramount Pictures Corporation
Paramount did a teaser ad for the film, ?Naked Gun: The Final Insult 33 1/3.? The ad spoofed a 1991 cover of Vanity Fair,which featured a photo of a pregnant, nude Demi Moore. Paramount got another model, who was also pregnant, to pose nude. The head of Leslie Nielsen, the star of the film, was superimposed onto the body of the model. A federal district court and the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that the parody ad was a fair use.

SanFranciscoJim

This policy is designed to protect ~~you~~ us from claims for copyright and/or publicity rights infringements that could result in monetary damages to ~~you~~ us.

The WTBTS Legal Department knows they couldn't probably squeeze a dime from you. So they go after the most likely target - the host IP. They are not exJWs, and, as a profit-making venture, do not want to get involved in legal issues over copyright, whether the law protects you or not. They are in the business to make money, not to take a stand in legal issues that do not directly concern them. Once the WTBTS threatens them, not you, it becomes their concern. This is why those files were removed. They are within their legal right to do so.

Some days you get the bear, and some days the bear gets you.

JUST GOT THIS FRM WEBSHOTS...........

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