Comments on: Ralph Lauren admits to shoddy Photoshop job despite its DMCA takedown letter http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/10/11/ralph-lauren-admits-to-shoddy-photoshop-job-despite-its-dmca-takedown-letter/ Top Technology news Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:30:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: FreedomLover http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/10/11/ralph-lauren-admits-to-shoddy-photoshop-job-despite-its-dmca-takedown-letter/comment-page-1/#comment-218247 FreedomLover Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:03:51 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/10/11/ralph-lauren-admits-to-shoddy-photoshop-job-despite-its-dmca-takedown-letter/#comment-218247 Actually, if you read the law, these guys are permitted by the Fair Use provisions of the US Copyright laws to post these pictures. They are not using the photos for commercial gain, they did not claim ownership of these photos, all well legal under Fair Use. Also, these guys did not bypass any digital protection schemes, and therefore did not even violate the DCMA. Ralph Lauren is doing nothing less than a mafia-style shakedown, and I'm glad the other company is fighting back. Actually, if you read the law, these guys are permitted by the Fair Use provisions of the US Copyright laws to post these pictures. They are not using the photos for commercial gain, they did not claim ownership of these photos, all well legal under Fair Use.

Also, these guys did not bypass any digital protection schemes, and therefore did not even violate the DCMA. Ralph Lauren is doing nothing less than a mafia-style shakedown, and I’m glad the other company is fighting back.

]]> By: DavidB http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/10/11/ralph-lauren-admits-to-shoddy-photoshop-job-despite-its-dmca-takedown-letter/comment-page-1/#comment-217920 DavidB Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:49:46 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/10/11/ralph-lauren-admits-to-shoddy-photoshop-job-despite-its-dmca-takedown-letter/#comment-217920 You have to wonder, why do we rarely ever hear stories of companies being penalized for their false DMCA takedowns? These are going to continue until companies realize it is just as illegal to send a fraudulent takedown notice as it is to illegal post copyrighted content. You have to wonder, why do we rarely ever hear stories of companies being penalized for their false DMCA takedowns? These are going to continue until companies realize it is just as illegal to send a fraudulent takedown notice as it is to illegal post copyrighted content.

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