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I am so [profanity]ing angry. (Copyright)
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Excuse me?
At this point, it'll probably just end up being a harassment/trespassing/malicious destruction of property/thievery charge, and not the copyright claim. Not that I wouldn't like to go after him for it, as that's what this is about, but I'm not going to sell .mp3s of a middle schooler being a ******* with a microphone. It's possible still, though. I don't want money, that's the thing: I just want justice, in particular for this copyright issue, and the fact that he put my full name and hometown on the torrents along with them.
Although...If I sold one copy to someone for $2, I'd get over $40,000 if I sued them and won
I'm not doing that, though.
Haha!
It's quite all right.Yes, Industrial Platypus is my legitimate project, unlike this. I will be registering the copyright on that for sure as soon as it's done...It's cool that people are actually finding and viewing that video, though. SMC is in progress right now.
And yep, that's me.
By the way: In case you couldn't tell, I'm not really British!
I fail to see how this is about copyright anymore...it seems you are looking for a legal avenue for a personal problem.
Your issue is with these people, not with the people you dont know who are downloading and listening to this.
Obviously these people who have done this to you have a problem with you, personally. Thats something you need to deal with, and I dont think copyright infringement is going to get you anywhere with folks who obviously have crap for brains and coal for a heart. Schoolyard justice? Only in the movies.
Its like saying "Cmon guys, stop it! Stop it or Ill tell!" and them simply doing what degenerates do, make it worse.
Your issue is with these people, not with the people you dont know who are downloading and listening to this.
Obviously these people who have done this to you have a problem with you, personally. Thats something you need to deal with, and I dont think copyright infringement is going to get you anywhere with folks who obviously have crap for brains and coal for a heart. Schoolyard justice? Only in the movies.
Its like saying "Cmon guys, stop it! Stop it or Ill tell!" and them simply doing what degenerates do, make it worse.
Upon further thought, Just keep targetting the torrent sites. Let them know (politely) that you are the artist and the person posting the torrent did so without your knowledge or permission and you request that it be removed. Do this on each torrent site. Eventually it will be gone, and possibly the user's IP banned. I would vaguely hint at further action, but nothing specific. These hosts dont want issues.
By the way: In case you couldn't tell, I'm not really British!
No kidding, I'm canadian so it's an extremely uncommon thing to actually talk to someone with a british accent.
I fail to see how this is about copyright anymore...it seems you are looking for a legal avenue for a personal problem.
Your issue is with these people, not with the people you dont know who are downloading and listening to this.
Obviously these people who have done this to you have a problem with you, personally. Thats something you need to deal with, and I dont think copyright infringement is going to get you anywhere with folks who obviously have crap for brains and coal for a heart. Schoolyard justice? Only in the movies.
Its like saying "Cmon guys, stop it! Stop it or Ill tell!" and them simply doing what degenerates do, make it worse.
This is my main problem. As I said, I do have the problem with the copyrights and such, but if my full name, hometown and phone number were not attached, I'd probably just be pissed (like I was until I found out about the info and the continuing..), and not be wanting to take further action. At this point, it's very frustrating realising there's basically nothing I can do.
Edit: By the way, it's still a copyright issue, even if it's not targeting the people who downloaded it.
From the US Copyright law:
five and six also count, as he has played them very loudly in our school before in my presence, ignoring me when asking him to shut it off.
This is my current plan
I haven't seen any results yet, but I've gotten a few responses. I basically tell them that there are people in my hometown spreading these files across the internet, and that they belong to me and I wish to have them removed. I also tell them that their sites will not be the target of anything legal, I just wish them to be removed ASAP...that sort of thing.This is my main problem. As I said, I do have the problem with the copyrights and such, but if my full name, hometown and phone number were not attached, I'd probably just be pissed (like I was until I found out about the info and the continuing..), and not be wanting to take further action. At this point, it's very frustrating realising there's basically nothing I can do.
Edit: By the way, it's still a copyright issue, even if it's not targeting the people who downloaded it.
From the US Copyright law:
five and six also count, as he has played them very loudly in our school before in my presence, ignoring me when asking him to shut it off.
This is my current plan
I would go with not a part of anything legal as long as the files are permanantly removed.
It's very unlikely, but yes. It's still frustrating that he has a track record of being able to do anything he wants without punishment.
At this point, though, I don't know. If some big update comes in, or if someone says something, I'll respond, but the thread is pretty much useless until something else happens. Thanks for the discussion and thoughts, guys.