Ok... So what exactly is this Jackholes problem?
He's got a set of fan based pages for a Sovvy and his forum is on a very mixed site. BFD.
I couldn't even find it in google, till I tried this from that last post...
[USS TIGERSHARK (c) 2009 Jason Buchholz]
So how is your page directing traffic away from him? I don't remember your page mentioning Tigershark in it...?
IS there a link to the page in question?
I didn't see it in Google either...
Unless I totally don't get it, he merely has the right to use the DOMAIN NAME as he pays for it to go to his site, THAT's ALL!
I seriously doubt this person has the money it would take to copyright a name (He ain't DISNEY!!!).
In short, I will have to name a mesh called USS Tigershark and also mention another one in my fanfic at some point in the future just to cheese him off...
Lets see him do something about that!
Oh and his Forum section has ZERO posts. He's the admin and the only post there is the standard "don't be a troll or you will be removed, crap."
Almost felt like registering just to tell him he's an idiot, but its not worth it...
[EDIT] I just noticed that I.M. - posted the link in question.
THAT's what he's complaning about? A Model entry??? <Retard>
Tell him to learn the words "
Original Authorship" and until he does, go away and suck a big fat one because the adults don't like it when he wastes their time...
Wow I looked specificly for "Canadian Copyright" Star Trek and found THIS!
http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.htmlHere is the most relevant (and damaging part): Canadian is Bilateral, means US Law applies as well.
6) "If I make up my own stories, but base them on another work, my new work belongs to me."
False. U.S. Copyright law is quite explicit that the making of what are called "derivative works" -- works based or derived from another copyrighted work -- is the exclusive province of the owner of the original work. This is true even though the making of these new works is a highly creative process. If you write a story using settings or characters from somebody else's work, you need that author's permission.
Yes, that means almost all "fan fiction" is arguably a copyright violation. If you want to publish a story about Jim Kirk and Mr. Spock, you need Paramount's permission, plain and simple. Now, as it turns out, many, but not all holders of popular copyrights turn a blind eye to "fan fiction" or even subtly encourage it because it helps them. Make no mistake, however, that it is entirely up to them whether to do that.
There is a major exception -- criticism and
parody. The fair use provision says that if you want to make fun of something like Star Trek, you don't need their permission to include Mr. Spock. This is not a loophole; you can't just take a non-parody and claim it is one on a technicality. The way "fair use" works is you get sued for copyright infringement, and you admit you did copy, but that your copying was a fair use. A subjective judgment on, among other things, your goals, is then made.
However, it's also worth noting that a court has never ruled on this issue, because fan fiction cases always get settled quickly when the defendant is a fan of limited means sued by a powerful publishing company. Some argue that completely non-commercial fan fiction might be declared a fair use if courts get to decide.
So:
A) The name USS Tigershark Is free for ANYONE. (Whoever he sent his "money" to took him for a sucker...)
B) Most of his site is a "Derivitive Work", all references, images, or sounds that are
already copyrighted to "Trek" has to be removed in order for him to "own it" (that means no Sovvy for you AHOLE).
So Paramount/CBS will be all up in the guy.
PS, since it's in reference to a SFC series model, does this mean that TALDREN can get a piece of this jerk as well?
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