Rocky Patel Event at Cigars International (& my mom's Botanical Garden)

[Darren's Godiva]

Hey Frank, your pictures are copyrighted. It's a Federal Law.

Check it out:
"Copyright protects “original works of authorship” that are fixed in a tangible form of expression. The fixation need not be directly perceptible so long as it may be communicated with the aid of a machine or device. Copyrightable works include the following categories:

1. literary works;
2. musical works, including any accompanying words
3. dramatic works, including any accompanying music
4. pantomimes and choreographic works
5. pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works
6. motion pictures and other audiovisual works
7. sound recordings
8. architectural works (Par. 4, http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html#wci)"

Also, you can go to the website that the pics are posted on and contact the hosting agent and ask for the pics to be removed.

Hope this helps you.

By-the-way, the pics look great and everyone seems to be having a great time. I love it when there are lots of ladies at the events.

[ibosmiley-cl]

Originally Posted by boomerd35

That stinks. I had a similar incident with some of my photos lifted from Cigar Live and used in a national magazine advertisement without my consent. I'm sure you must be feeling violated right now as I did.

Yeah... I realize pics I post could end up other places, and honestly that doesn't bother me. I just don't like the idea of my friends pictures ending up on more sexually related sites just because they have a cigar in their hand.

[tx_tuff]

Looks like it was a lot of fun!

[tx_tuff]

Originally Posted by Darren's Godiva

Hey Frank, your pictures are copyrighted. It's a Federal Law.

Check it out:
"Copyright protects “original works of authorship” that are fixed in a tangible form of expression. The fixation need not be directly perceptible so long as it may be communicated with the aid of a machine or device. Copyrightable works include the following categories:

1. literary works;
2. musical works, including any accompanying words
3. dramatic works, including any accompanying music
4. pantomimes and choreographic works
5. pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works
6. motion pictures and other audiovisual works
7. sound recordings
8. architectural works (Par. 4, http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html#wci)"

Also, you can go to the website that the pics are posted on and contact the hosting agent and ask for the pics to be removed.

Hope this helps you.

By-the-way, the pics look great and everyone seems to be having a great time. I love it when there are lots of ladies at the events.

Hate to say this, but copyright means nothing on the net. there is tons and tons of pictures, movies, music stolen off of it every sec! I'm not saying its right, its just fact.

[ibosmiley-cl]

Originally Posted by Darren's Godiva

Hey Frank, your pictures are copyrighted. It's a Federal Law.

Check it out:
"Copyright protects “original works of authorship” that are fixed in a tangible form of expression. The fixation need not be directly perceptible so long as it may be communicated with the aid of a machine or device. Copyrightable works include the following categories:

1. literary works;
2. musical works, including any accompanying words
3. dramatic works, including any accompanying music
4. pantomimes and choreographic works
5. pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works
6. motion pictures and other audiovisual works
7. sound recordings
8. architectural works (Par. 4, http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html#wci)"

Also, you can go to the website that the pics are posted on and contact the hosting agent and ask for the pics to be removed.

Hope this helps you.

By-the-way, the pics look great and everyone seems to be having a great time. I love it when there are lots of ladies at the events.

Good point. Thanks... you're a useful person to know... you know stuff. haha

[Darren's Godiva]

Originally Posted by tx_tuff

Hate to say this, but copyright means nothing on the net. there is tons and tons of pictures, movies, music stolen off of it every sec! I'm not saying its right, its just fact.

Very true, but it is still a crime and its still enforceable.

[luckyfitz13]

but really only enforcable if you can 100% prove who it was that stole them, there are miles of red tape and loop holes, just send cigar out to kick some butt it would be better justice and more fun

[SMOKING HANDSOME DUDE]

Originally Posted by Darren's Godiva

Very true, but it is still a crime and its still enforceable.

Hi babe, I found this article about copyright infringement on the internet. It is very enforceable. http://www.keytlaw.com/Copyrights/cheese.htm

Good reading to you all.

[SMOKING HANDSOME DUDE]

Originally Posted by luckyfitz13

but really only enforcable if you can 100% prove who it was that stole them, there are miles of red tape and loop holes, just send cigar out to kick some butt it would be better justice and more fun

wrong thread.

[patefengreen]

Originally Posted by luckyfitz13

but really only enforcable if you can 100% prove who it was that stole them, there are miles of red tape ...

And unfortunately, the original victim turns out looking like a SOB when they stand up for their rights. Which is like being victimized all over again. It's just when everyone turns a blind eye to such matters, taking a blasie/don't care attitude, that the situation becomes an accepted practice. It'd be like saying: You know people are always going to speed and rob banks and murder. Why do the cops have to worry about chasing them down? What’s the point? It happens every day.

Back to the original intent of this thread: Looked like a great event!

[ibosmiley-cl]

Originally Posted by patefengreen

It'd be like saying: You know people are always going to speed and rob banks and murder. Why do the cops have to worry about chasing them down? What’s the point? It happens every day.

Well put. Indeed.

Originally Posted by patefengreen

Back to the original intent of this thread: Looked like a great event!

It was a good time.

[Anjanettea-cl]

Yes, we had a great time and I can't wait to return to the PA area to hang out with Frank and his family.