On Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:40:22 +0200, Ive wrote:

> Am 08.08.2011 06:16, schrieb Jim Henderson:
>> Contact enq### [at] tumblrcom with references to the uncredited use of
>> your work and ask that they deal with it.
>>
>>
> Yes. It is just not my way to run to the authorities when I have a
> problem with someone. I am considering it but I'm still hesitating.

Well, it seems to me you have two choices.

1.  Do nothing and just continue to be pissed about it
2.  Since you've contacted those who have violated your copyrights, you 
can escalate to the site owners or to law enforcement.

Law enforcement is by its very nature a complaints-driven business.  They 
don't tend to enforce laws that nobody has complained about.  (That's 
something I've been told by people who work in law enforcement)

You did a reasonable thing by trying to discuss the situation with those 
who actually engaged in the copying.  Since they've been non-responsive, 
you're really left with just those two choices (or you could 'get over' 
being pissed about it, which is just a variant of #1).

> Also I'm wondering, if the people responsible for (and earning money
> with)  Tumblr would be serious about copyright infringement they had to
> shut down 99% of all Tumblr-blogs and this is obviously NOT part of the
> business-model.
> And from what I've seen so far I already know what will happen: The
> blog-owner gets a mail notifying him about the issue including a thread
> to shutdown his/her account.
> He/she publishes this mail on his/her blog (so well, finally something
> new and unique to blog about) and this is followed by a loud outburst of
> the Tumblr-"community" about some stupid guy (this would be me) who
> instead of being proud to be recognized by the Tumblr-community insists
> in censorship and internet fascism. Guess I could live with that and a
> few hours later the whole issue within Tumblr-folks is forgotten anyway.
> But seriously, what is he point?

The point is that you've protected your copyright, as is your right.

Of course, there's another possible outcome as well - that of someone who 
has violated copyrights learning something about them.

There's a legal principle (I've heard) as well that says that if you do 
nothing to enforce your copyright, you may lose the ability to enforce it 
for that work down the road.  Of course, I'm not a lawyer, but I have 
heard of this happening.

You have to decide what the value is to you for your copyrighted work and 
whether the aggravation of having to deal with it is worth the value you 
assign to your work.  Only you can make that decision.

Jim

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On 8/8/2011 7:40, Ive wrote:
> Am 08.08.2011 06:16, schrieb Jim Henderson:
>> Contact enq### [at] tumblrcom with references to the uncredited use of
>> your work and ask that they deal with it.
>>
>
> Yes. It is just not my way to run to the authorities when I have a problem
> with someone. I am considering it but I'm still hesitating.

http://rising.blackstar.com/how-to-send-a-dmca-takedown-notice.html

(Not my site - yes, it's crappy design - use readability. :-)

You don't have to go to the authorities. You go to the ISP, who is not 
responsible for the content *until* you tell them its yours. Then they turn 
off access to the image and give the people using it a chance to prove they 
own the copyright.

It's not the authorities. It's just the ISP, or probably tumblr in this case.

Assuming this is in the USA that is. I don't know how it works other places.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   How come I never get only one kudo?

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On Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:40:22 -0400, Ive <ive### [at] lilysoftorg> wrote:
> ... followed by a loud outburst of the Tumblr-"community" about some  
> stupid guy (this would be me) who instead of being proud to be  
> recognized by the Tumblr-community insists in censorship and internet  
> fascism.

So insisting that people not steal your stuff is "censorship" and  
"fascism"?  How does that work?  Are they communists over there?

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On Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:43:50 -0400, Cousin Ricky wrote:

> On Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:40:22 -0400, Ive <ive### [at] lilysoftorg> wrote:
>> ... followed by a loud outburst of the Tumblr-"community" about some
>> stupid guy (this would be me) who instead of being proud to be
>> recognized by the Tumblr-community insists in censorship and internet
>> fascism.
> 
> So insisting that people not steal your stuff is "censorship" and
> "fascism"?  How does that work?  Are they communists over there?

Some people feel that if it's on the 'net, they should be able to use it 
in any way they wish regardless of the creators' wishes.

ie, they think "if it's on the 'net, it's public domain".

Jim

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On 08/08/2011 11:56 AM, Ive wrote:
> Am 08.08.2011 05:50, schrieb nemesis:
>
>> Subtle watermarks? Meta information in the image file? They just pass
>> it on,
>> don't even bother with editing, I guess.
>>
> The Tumblr-people re-blogging stuff do not care, but the original poster
> who has found it "somewhere" in the internet does sometimes. I've seen a
> picture from Gilles where the copyright notice was cropped away.
> Meta tags is something I'm already using (but they get usually lost if
> the image is e.g. resized) and (what I've learned so far) in the future
> I will always add a notice on the image itself. Well, this can be
> cropped, but this act does actually show something about the person.
>
> -Ive
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you know it's more about people not caring or respecting boundaries 
anymore ... as an example: how many shops have you been in that allow 
the customer behind counters? Yet I almost daily have to politely ask 
people not to go behind the counter. I even have signs with a traffic 
cop ... has his hand up in the stop position with "Employees Only" in 
two languages, but that doesn't stop them. Also interesting that 8 out 
of 10 times the customer seems put out that I've ask them out from 
behind the counter ... couple of years ago even had one chap inform me 
that I have major control issues (lol) ... so like I said most people 
don't care who they trample on to further whatever agenda they might have

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On 8/8/2011 10:09, Jim Holsenback wrote:
> ... as an example: how many shops have you been in that allow the customer
> behind counters?

Yeah, when I was young we had the same problem at the gas station I worked 
at. The cash register was there, the accounting books, etc. We found that a 
german shepherd under the desk worked wonders tho.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   How come I never get only one kudo?

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On Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:35:20 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> On 8/8/2011 10:09, Jim Holsenback wrote:
>> ... as an example: how many shops have you been in that allow the
>> customer behind counters?
> 
> Yeah, when I was young we had the same problem at the gas station I
> worked at. The cash register was there, the accounting books, etc. We
> found that a german shepherd under the desk worked wonders tho.

Oddly, I never had that problem at the software store I worked at when I 
was in high school - the counter was raised, so perhaps having a step up 
made a 'barrier' that people wouldn't cross when they didn't work there.

Jim

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not related to Tumblr.

Just did a search with the new Google reverse image search engine and 
the very first try lead me to this:

www.optimadekor.com/povray_mutfak_demo.htm

Seems to be a kind of commercial interior design software that uses 
POV-Ray as a render engine. As you can easily see they use besides an 
image of mine some others by well known povers and no need to mention 
that I was never asked for permission. To my understanding these images 
are used to advertise a commercial product so really WTF?

-Ive

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Am 08.08.2011 18:29, schrieb Jim Henderson:
> Well, it seems to me you have two choices.
>
> ...
>
> You have to decide what the value is to you for your copyrighted work and
> whether the aggravation of having to deal with it is worth the value you
> assign to your work.  Only you can make that decision.
>

Thanks Jim, this pretty well summarizes it for me. Indeed if just one 
out of five would have responded positive I'd have no problem with it 
but now I'm gone this far (really should have listened to my wife - as 
usual - and ignore the whole thing) and will continue. I'll keep you 
informed if something interesting happens ;)

-Ive

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Am 08.08.2011 18:39, schrieb Darren New:
> http://rising.blackstar.com/how-to-send-a-dmca-takedown-notice.html
>

Thanks Darren, great link, makes it much easier for me to think about 
persuading the whole issue.

-Ive

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