Fyrene opened this issue on Jun 05, 2003 ยท 164 posts
Larry F posted Fri, 06 June 2003 at 1:55 AM
A stunning find, if for nothing more than the sheer size of the ripoffs, which means that none of this happened by accident. With all the time and effort that went into culling the images, making up the website, etc. I certainly don't think I have any images in there, but, in a former live, 25 years ago this week, I was the victim of a similar act, which caused me practically no end of grief (at the time), i.e., financial, emotional, artistic, etc., not to mention manhandled by some security guards over this issue (a long story), and that was only the first incident (again, a long story), subsequently threatened by some really unsavory types, and I didn't even mention the eventual lawyer fees. Seems like every other day or so there is one of these threads. Thievery is nothing new, but this kind is obviously a byproduct of the ease of misusing the technology. Seems like something should be done, i.e., banding together, collective representation, etc. My heart goes out to you.