editor Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 Photographs have been removed from a thread about Detroit in another section of HAIF because of a legal threat received from the owner of the images and filed with Pair Networks, the HAIF hosting company.The specific complaint follows:June 7, 2006DMCA Notice to Pair NetworksTo whom it may concern,I am the owner of www.midwestwebsites.com.My Contact Information:Mr. Jonathan KruegerMidwest Websites, LLCW223 N4994 Eastview Dr262-442-0882The copyrighted work being infringed upon includes use of the Detroitskyline photo used on the main page of our website through the use ofillegal hotlinking of the image. I am requesting that this material bedisabled.The web page containing the infringed image via illegal hotlinking is:http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...36511bc940aa19-405bca3c64b82df4&showtopic=4724&pid=72971&st=0&The photo in dispute is the first image (the image of the Detroitskyline). As you can see by rightclicking the image onhoustonarchitecture.info, they are directly linking to the image onour server. We use this image on the main page of our websitehttp://www.midwestwebsites.com Although we did not take the photoourselves, we did purchase the rights to use it on our website from astock photo website.The information in this notice is accurate, under penalty of perjury.Jonathan Krueger Date: 6/7/2006For those of you wondering what "W223 N4994" means in an address, it is "fire coordinates" used to denote an address for someone living in extreme rural Wisconsin. You wouldn't know this from the complaint filed by Mr. Krueger because he did not send Pair Networks his complete address. Possibly because he's ashamed of where he lives. The phone number he lists is a Verizon Wireless cell phone he bought in a suburb of Milwaukee, but the address he lists doesn't match up to anything in that area, so one could theorize that he's some college kid who bought a phone while at school, and is now at home working on his business.Anyway, just a reminder -- it is a violation of our terms of service to post copyrighted information on HAIF. Link away, but posting is a legal problem for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trophy Property Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 Photographs have been removed from a thread about Detroit in another section of HAIF because of a legal threat received from the owner of the images and filed with Pair Networks, the HAIF hosting company.The specific complaint follows:For those of you wondering what "W223 N4994" means in an address, it is "fire coordinates" used to denote an address for someone living in extreme rural Wisconsin. You wouldn't know this from the complaint filed by Mr. Krueger because he did not send Pair Networks his complete address. Possibly because he's ashamed of where he lives. The phone number he lists is a Verizon Wireless cell phone he bought in a suburb of Milwaukee, but the address he lists doesn't match up to anything in that area, so one could theorize that he's some college kid who bought a phone while at school, and is now at home working on his business.Anyway, just a reminder -- it is a violation of our terms of service to post copyrighted information on HAIF. Link away, but posting is a legal problem for us.OUCH. What a bummer. I think we try to link as much as possible, but sometimes it is too easy to cut n paste. I will make more of an effort. If you lose we all lose !!! Thanks for the heads up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 Geez. Some people.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeebus Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 You mind if we call Mr. Krueger and inform him as to how much of a turd he is for not just politely emailing you and asking that a moderator remove said picture(s)?(Don't worry, I'm not actually going to call.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston1stWordOnTheMoon Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 What a jackass!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 If you do a search on the person's name associated with the midwest business noted above, and add the word "sheep" to the search attributes, you will find that you will get 10 hits. In fact, searches which include Mr. Krueger with other farm animals - such as chickens, camels, and yaks - also produce similar results. Coincidence? I think not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trophy Property Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 If you do a search on the person's name associated with the midwest business noted above, and add the word "sheep" to the search attributes, you will find that you will get 10 hits. In fact, searches which include Mr. Krueger with other farm animals - such as chickens, camels, and yaks - also produce similar results. Coincidence? I think not.Pictures please !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 Pictures please !!Here ya' go:http://dali.feld.cvut.cz/kecy/upload/obrazky/redneck.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 I suggest a vigorous email campaign to Farmer John, to flood his dumb@$$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted June 10, 2006 Author Share Posted June 10, 2006 I suggest a vigorous email campaign to Farmer John, to flood his dumb@$$.An interesting idea, but not really possible. His web site is registered through an anonymous company. There is ZERO contact information on his web site -- no address, no phone number, bothing but web forms. And in fact his "hosting company" doesn't appear to actually host anything -- he's just a reseller for The Planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torvald Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 i had bandwidth problems on my site. the worst problems were folks using my scans for ebay. that really sucked due to the high request count.i would replace the photo (updating the one on my site) to something funny like a burnt item or possibly a newborn baby with "free shipping!" typed over it.i've seen an incidence of "bandwidth theft" on HAIF were the website'sowner switched out the photo with something really nasty and it wasremoved by a moderator.i usually just watermark the images and it brings people to the site.that guy is a jerk, what does he accomplish by the letter? makes him feel more important, i guess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 i would replace the photo (updating the one on my site) to something funny like a burnt item or possibly a newborn baby with "free shipping!" typed over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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